章節 46: The abandoned city

Avanti city was renowed as the city of learning.. this city didn't have any warriors.. It was considered as the city of Knowledge.. the people who lived there were scholars.. It was governed by the great King Shantanu.. it stood independent and was never absorbed by any empire.. education was something which was valued by everyone.. the nobles and emperors sent their kin to Avanti to learn and develop.. one fine day King Shantanu and his subordinates were walking near his palace.. there was a well learned astrologer who came and said, 'King Shantanu, you need to abandon this city and move towards east..the whole country will be struck by a famine..since Avanti is an independent city. ..no empire will come forward to help you..unless it gets absorbed into that empire..,in the East there is an abundance of food..you and your people will flourish..' King Shantanu got scared, he immediately called the astrologer in his court and told him the prophecy...the court astrologer calculated something on his fingers,closed his eyes and cast his vision into the veils of time..he saw black clouds approaching the city of Avanti..he read them as misfortune..he told the King what he saw..King Shantanu made all arrangements for his people to migrate....some scholars chose to leave Avanti and travel the country to exhibit their talent in courts of various Kings and Emperors...some moved out and established their own gurukuls (residential schools), the offsprings of various emperors and Kings were sent back to their respective places.. along with them message about upcoming famine was given to everyone so that they could be ready to face it.. then the whole city under the leadership of Shantanu left towards east.. they constructed a beautiful city in the east and called it Arunodaya.. now it became the seat of learning for Hindustan as well as neighbouring countries..