Pracchand Ashok - Episode Discussion Thread #2 - Page 67

Originally posted by: firewings_diya

All are beautiful never knew vishkanya were real

Helena is considering his most beautiful wife but AI of daughter of Suluva is more beautiful though 🤣

Famous couple, Chandragupta and Helena, despite the age gap they look so beautiful together

Daughter of Seleucus and Daughter of Suluva (Former was Greek-Persian and latter was Greek-Indian), both were wives of Chandragupta Maurya but often considered as same woman due to Suluva is confused as Seleucus and both were Yavanas

Former was his youngest and last wife and latter he married in his late teens (when he was fighting against satraps of Alexander)

Helena was his favourite wife but not chief queen and daughter of Suluva was allegedly Agramahishi (not sure though as Bhavishya Purana is a very late source)

Originally posted by: NostalgiaLove

Vishkanyas were very real, they either were fed small doses of poison and therefore their touch was poisonous or maybe they used poison as a catalyst to kill their targets. A poison maiden was prepared by Nanda's in their harem to kill their target. She was instead used by Chanakya and tricked her to kill Parvatak instead of Chandragupta whom she was aimed to kill. Sources - Mudrarakshasa and ParishistParvan

Originally posted by: NostalgiaLove

Daughter of Seleucus and Daughter of Suluva (Former was Greek-Persian and latter was Greek-Indian), both were wives of Chandragupta Maurya but often considered as same woman due to Suluva is confused as Seleucus and both were Yavanas

Former was his youngest and last wife and latter he married in his late teens (when he was fighting against satraps of Alexander)

Helena was his favourite wife but not chief queen and daughter of Suluva was allegedly Agramahishi (not sure though as Bhavishya Purana is a very late source)

Originally posted by: NostalgiaLove

Vishkanya who came to kill Chandragupta but mistakenly killed Parvatak, in ParishistParvan she was a girl in harem of Nanda who was cared like a daughter and she was the one who was Vishkanya who killed Parvatak

By the way, I was thinking, if Vishkanya could kill by scratching the other person with their nails or kissing or mating with them, what about Chandragupta as he too took poison administered by Chanakya in his food. How were his wives and concubines still alive?

Originally posted by: firewings_diya

you read all these books?

Sis I would never utter a single word without reading the Primary sources, there is a reason I remain hush on Jodha's topic because I haven't read primary sources yet. It's very difficult to find real sources

Originally posted by: Yashikha16

By the way, I was thinking, if Vishkanya could kill by scratching the other person with their nails or kissing or mating with them, what about Chandragupta as he too took poison administered by Chanakya in his food. How were his wives and concubines still alive?

Well probably he gave only that amount of poison which could make him immune and not make his whole body poisonous, maybe a different technique. 🙄😑

Originally posted by: NostalgiaLove

Well probably he gave only that amount of poison which could make him immune and not make his whole body poisonous, maybe a different technique. 🙄😑

Could be.

Originally posted by: Yashikha16

Could be.

That can be the only explanation considering Megasthenes was eye witness of his young kids playing in palace ponds (Helena's kids).

Originally posted by: firewings_diya

you read all these books?

So my posting screenshots wasn't proof enough 🤣?