Year 915 of the Seventh Manvantara“A great battle is coming, young Sudas,” said Rshi Vasishtha.  “But likely that your father will not lead the Bharatas to war and victory, you will.”“We have always been at war, Rshi Vasishtha,” said Sudas, the twelve year old crown prince of Prayaga.  “Every Bharata King has given his life to the Kingdom.”“Well said,” Rshi Vasishtha said approvingly.  “But few have bothered to learn why the war exists in the first place.  Why does Bharata fight Puru, or Yadava roar against the Suryavansha?  Why does the Anu ally with the Puru but not with the Druhyu, and why do both howl for Bharata blood?  Have you thought about this, Sudas?”Sudas contemplated on Rshi Vasishtha’s query, for his father had lectured him on the tribal histories once.  But Rshi Vasishtha was the Rajpurohit- Royal Priest of Prayaga.  His knowledge and wisdom were unparalleled perhaps in all of Aryavarta.  Rshi Vasishtha had tutored Sudas’s father and grandfather, and now he would mentor the young crown prince into a man fit to lead the Grand Bharata Kingdom- Bharatvarsha to its proud citizens.  The Grand Kingdom’s western borders...