भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)

vowed till the day of his death, that he would invade India once again and conquer it thoroughly, that the chief officers of his state and commanders were at war with one another for the division of the Greek empire, that the triumphant one among them who would ascend the throne at Babylon would not fail to attack India with an army more powerful than before, and that the first victims to that aggression would be these very people, if they remained disunited as separate Rajakas (monarchies) and Prajakas (republics). But if they availed themselves of this opportunity of the civil feuds of the Greeks, and they could merge the whole of India into a strong empire with an efficient administration at the centre, this new Indian empire, stronger than that of the Greeks, could very easily beat the Mlenchchas, were they to come once again aggressively. Hence, they said India should be built into one strong nation! Invasion of Chandragupta and Chanakya on Magadha 116. Without wasting even a single moment of the golden opportunity of the Greek internecine wars, Chandragupta and other followers of Chanakya began openly to raise a powerful army to march first of all against Magadha, according to Chanakya’s plan of the political revolution. A few but very telling references to this fact are to be found in the critique named ‘Mahavamsha’. From these and from other sources, it appears that this invading army of Chandragupta was mainly composed of the soldiers from Panchanad, the Pauravas and the republics that were inspired with the preaching of Chanakya for a unitary Indian empire. In order to enlist the sympathies of the Parvateshwara, i.e. King Paurav, who was a powerful king in those provinces, Chanakya is said to have met him secretly. As Alexander’s sway had been completely thrown off from the Indian territories, King Paurav was no longer a subordinate satrap of the Greeks. From stray references in some books, it appears that not only King Paurav offered his support for Chanakya’s cause, but some wealthy people too helped him actively. Chanakya offered the command of the whole army to Chandragupta. After establishing their hold on all possible regions of Panchanad, they marched speedily on Magadha. The Indian populace and the local powers disgusted with and enraged at the tyrannical and weak rule of Nanda, and inspired by Chanakya’s ideal of a strong unitary empire of the whole of India, joined Chandragupta’s army as it marched ahead fighting.