what lesson did the Angel's teach king Bhoj?
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Rulers of men, be it in a system autocratic or democratic, soon begin to believe in their "divine right" of leadership and that they outstrip their predecessors -- some of whom are sought to be brushed out. This sentiment is not alien to our country and our time, despite the lessons from one of the most abiding and popular works of our cultural tradition.
This work is fantastical, but seeks to anchor itself in recorded history while using the memory of a fabled monarch, whom scholars still struggle to identify, or ascertain if he ever existed, or is a representation of an ideal ruler.
But historical or not, we find here that his record is so exemplary and so celebrated that, centuries later, a powerful king, who comes across his throne, is not allowed to ascend it unless he proves to be equal in courage, wisdom, generosity and ability.
Our legendary monarch is none other than Vikramaditya, whom Indian diplomat and classicist A.N.D. Haksar terms as representing "a great and good king whose reign was a golden age of righteousness, peace and prosperity" -- a perception "which has persisted in popular memory for at least a thousand years".
And his name still lives on in the traditional Hindu calendar system, its newest aircraft carrier, in the calligraphed copy of the Constitution (along with Ashoka and Akbar), and above all, in lore and legend.
Out of hundreds of stories about the "Sun of Valour" (as his name means), the best-known are the cycles collected in the "Baital Pachisi" and the "Simhasana Dvatrimsika", or the "Singhasan Battisi" as it is more popularly known, which is the work being referred to here.