"We need to unify the three great empires.. Gupta empire, Magadha empire and Gandhara empire..Gupta and Gandhara empires have an alliance since our empress was the princess of Gandhara empire.. now is the time to form an alliance with Magadha empire.. I think Prince Pinaka and Princess Samyukta are already in agreement.. we just need to speed up the things... once we conduct the marriage then the strength of the combined army of all the three empires will be unbeatable.. " all the council members agreed.. suddenly a messenger came in and announced that the emperor of Magadha.. Krishna Chandra was requesting an audience with the emperor.. Pinaka"s father, emperor Surya Gupta rose from his seat along with Pinaka and went to receive the emperor Krisha Chandra (Samyukta"s father)... the emperor Krishna Chandra looked a little shaken.. Pinaka went to him and said, "emperor, were you able to visit Samyukta? " Krishna Chandra looked at him and said, "not yet Prince, I wanted to meet the emperor first.. " Surya Gupta looked at him and said, "emperor Krishna Chandra, we failed to take care of Princess Samyukta.. I hope you can forgive us.. " Emperor Krishna Chandra looked at him and said, "emperor, please.. I only hope you were able to identify the culprit and disclose his motive.. " Pinaka then explained what happened exactly and how they were able to guess the motive of the culprit was to drive a rift between both the emperors.. Krishna Chandra nodded, he said, "Mir Al Zaffar.. the ruthless tyrant.. our country needs to stand united against him.. otherwise we will lose.. " Surya Gupta said, "emperor, I agree, we were thinking if we could get the kids married soon.. on the day of Dusshera is the coronation ceremony.. if marriage can happen before that.. there will not be any external enemy to come between us.. " he quickly added, "it is not a political alliance, we are only interested to take it forward at the earliest because the kids are in love.. and before coronation it is customary for the Prince to be married,.. " Krishna Chandra said, "of course emperor, let"s go and meet Samyukta and discuss.. " Surya Gupta said, "Pinaka, you please accompany your father in law, I will finish the council meeting and join you.. " Pinaka nodded and along with emperor Krishna Chandra he walked towards the chambers of his mother to meet Samyukta.. Both the emperors knew that in the bottom of their hearts that this marriage alliance is of utmost political importance as the current situation of Hindustan had lot of unrest..Pinaka and Krishna Chandra went to empress Chandramathi"s (Pinaka"s mother )chambers.. Samyukta was sitting on a chair and empress Padmini (Samyukta"s mother) was oiling her hair while empress Chandramathi was feeding Samyukta some dry fruits.. this scene moved Krishna Chandra"s heart.. he felt that though this marriage had political benefits, he couldn"t have found a more loving house than this for his darling daughter.. everyone had a cheerful conversation.. emperor Surya Gupta finished his council meeting and came in to meet everyone.. he said, "so, shall we call our Raj Guru* to set an auspicious day for the marriage? " everyone cheered in agreement.. Samyukta smiled shyly.. she blushed attractively.. Pinaka"s heart missed a beat..
Meanwhile the nine day celebrations of Dusshera festival in the Gupta empire continued, the public was ensured of the well being of Princess Samyukta.. the festivities were being continued on a grand scale.. but each and every individual was being checked and their ident.i.ty was being confirmed before entering the palace and the celebration arena..
Note: Raj Guru is the t.i.tle given to family priest of the Royal Family. In ancient India Raj Gurus played a very important role in the education of the Royal kids and also helped the kings and emperors in making critical decisions of the empire. Mythological references of Raj Guru Vasishta and Raj Guru Dronacharya from the epics Ramayana and Mahabharata prove it.