Brief History of Maharaja Diraj Agrasenji

the person i am speaking about is known as icon of non-violence , messenger of Peace,

Prosperity and a True Socialist. Emperor Agrasen, he was born to King Ballabh of Pratapnagar. He
was the eldest son. he was the last stages of Dvaapar Yug. According to current calendar the birth
of Maharaj Agrasen took place about 5185 years ago. King Ballabh was a Suryavamshi ( lineage
from the Sun). Even when he was very young, Prince Agrasen was very well known for his
compassion. He never discriminated against anyone and the subjects were very pleased with the
way he conducted himself.

When Agrasen became a young man, he attended the Swyamvara of the daughter of the King
Nagaraj, Princess Madhavi . Many kings from around the world attended including Indra, the
King of the Devas. In the swayamvara, Princess Madhavi selected Prince Agrasen, by putting
the garland on him. This marriage caused a coming together of two different family cultures,
Prince Agrasen was a Suryavanshi and Princess Madhavi was a Naagavanshi. Indra, the King of the
Devas had been smitten by the beauty of Princess Madhavi and had planned to get married to her.
However, now that he had been unable to marry her, he became very jealous and angry with
Agrasen. To get revenge against Agrasen, Indra - as he was also the Lord of Rain, made sure that
Pratap Nagar did not receive any rainfall. As a result, a frightening famine struck the Pratap Nagar
kingdom. Emperor Agrasen then waged war against Indra, and because he had dharma on his
side, his army vanquished Indra's forces and put them to flight. Faced with this situation, Indra
approached Narada ( the celestial sage) for mediation between him and Emperor Agrasen. Narada,
then mediated a peace between them.

Agrasen started a severe penance to propitiate Lord Shiva in the city of Kashi. Pleased with
the penance of Agrasen, Lord Shiva appeared and advised him to propitiate Goddess Mahalakshmi.
Maharaj Agrasen again started meditating on Goddess Mahalakshmi, who appeared before him.
Goddess Mahalakshmi then blessed Agrasen and suggested that he take up the Vaishya tradition
of business for the sake of prosperity of his people. She then asked him to found a new kingdom
and promised that she would bless his descendants with prosperity. So he gave up his Kshatriya
tradition.

Birth Of Agroha city

With the blessings of Goddess Mahalakhmi King Agrasen started out with the Queen to travel
all over India and select a place for a new kingdom. During his travels, at one place he found a few
tiger cubs and wolfs cubs playing together. To King Agrasen and Queen Madhavi, this was an
auspicious indication that the area was Veerabhoomi (land of the brave) and they decided to
found their new kingdom at that location named Agroha. Agroha became prosperous as agriculture
and trade flourished.

Maharaj Agrasen proceeded to conduct 18 Maha Yagnas. He then divided his kingdom
among his 18 children and established the 18 gotras after the guru's of each of his children. These
same 18 gotras today are like the eighteen chapters of the Bhagavadgita, even though they are
different from each other, they are still related to each other to form the whole. Under this
arrangement, Agroha prospered very well and flourished. In the latter part of his life, Maharaj
Agrasen nominated his eldest son Vibhu to the throne and took up the Vanaprasth Ashram.

Under the leadership of Agrasena, Agroha became very prosperous. Legend has it that a
hundred thousand traders lived in the city at its heyday. An immigrant wishing to settle
in the city would be given a rupee and a brick by each of the inhabitants of the city.
Thus, he would have a hundred thousand bricks to build a house for himself, and a
hundred thousand rupees to start a new business. This is a unique example of socialism.