The Last War & Other Stories - An Excerpt

An excerpt from my book "The Last War & Other Stories"

The war was far from over... in fact, it was just the beginning. There was destruction all across the two armies. However, casualties were running high in the army of the Pauravas (the descendants of the Pandavas and the Kauravas), whose kingdom spread across the northern part of the land of Bharata (Ancient India) up to the Hindu Kush,  including the Sindhu  (Indus) Valley region. All prayed and hoped that victory would be in the side of dharma (righteousness).

Senapati (Head of the army) Agrasena was waiting in the palatial hall of king Nripanjaya. Agrasena was the head of the army of the entire Paurava kingdom. He had travelled a long distance over the horse with some of his trusted soldiers from Sindhu (the Indus) valley up to Kausambi, to appraise the highness of what he had witnessed himself... the mammoth invasion of the Gandharvas, who had penetrated through the first line of defence of the huge Paurava army that was defending its borders in the Hindu Kush region. Having seen such a terrible carnage, Senapati Agrasena, on the advice of the noble priest king Dharmasena of the Indus Valley region, had rushed to meet the highness himself. The huge Gandharva army was now marching to capture the city of Hariapa, and the Paurava army was giving a tough resistance... but they were losing ground.