CONSPICIOUS.

Chapter 1.

This is a sequel to my previous story, Chastisement.

Jagdeshwar and Karma who were God Incarnated, lived in Vijaynagar village. The village began to prosper, so now they advised the villagers to create a kingdom, a democratic kingdom, where the people would feel secure. When a few months ago, they fought against the demons, there were a few villages nearby that were mauled by the demons, so Jagdeshwar and Karma advised them to help those villages and create a kingdom so they would feel secure. The people of Vijaynagar had their relatives and friends living in those villages, so it was an excellent opportunity for building old bonds, and relationships, thus creating a strong kingdom.

These nearby villages were navigable via rivers and roads. Jagdeshwar and Karma too accompanied them. Those villages had no name, as these were small tribal villages. There were thirty-three villages in the neighbourhood of Vijaynagar, situated among forests, and mountain ranges. In the north, near the snow-clad mountains, valleys, and dense forests, there were twenty-seven villages, and then, to the northwest, among the desert, dry rocky mountains, and dry valleys, there were nineteen villages. To the west, there were fifty-seven villages, among the forests, and near the sea coast, and to the south, there were seventy-four villages, among the forests, and near the sea coast. Meanwhile, to the far east of Vijaynagar, there were fifteen villages in the dense forests, swamps, and drenched by heavy rains everyday. Jagdeshwar, Karma, and the council of Vijaynagar visited every village, and promised them to develop. Jagdeshwar and Karma revealed themselves to be the Avatars of God. Thus, the villagers were happy, and decided to join Vijaynagar. As the creation of the Vijaynagar kingdom was completed, so now the Vijaynagar village was in the middle of the kingdom, serving as the capital of the kingdom.

The divine animals were sent to those villages for protecting the people, and military posts were too installed in every village, also money flowed to these villages for redevelopment, which happened at tremendous pace. The elders from every village were selected to form a Democratic Government, and thus a palace was constructed in Vijaynagar village, which would serve as an office of the Government, and it was decided to make this village as a capital of the kingdom. The elders from every village can live in the government palace, from where they can look after the administration of the kingdom. The selection was done by Jagdeshwar and Karma, so the villagers were glad. Now, the developmental work began to pace. There were military posts installed on the borders of the kingdom, and within kingdom to maintain law and order. We had military posts on the snow-clad mountains, desert, dense forests, and near the sea coast. Highways were built so the villages can be connected easily, transportation like horse-carts, bullock-carts, and boat services grew incessantly. Ship-building industries were introduced in the west, south coast, also other parts of the kingdom, which were near to the rivers and lakes, while the water issues in the desert area were resolved. 

The villages in the kingdom were well-connected via roads and rivers. In the west and the southern part of the kingdom, there were few islands, and chain of islands nearby the mainland, which was acquired by Vijaynagar kingdom. The southern part of Vijaynagar kingdom had more islands as compared to the western part of the kingdom, there chain of islands, nearby the mainland. The islands at the west and the south were inhabited by the people of the mainland, but they were few in numbers, and these islands were parts of some villages situated nearby the shores. There were many uninhabited islands in the southern part. These islands were covered by lush green forests, while some islands had mountains too, and the uninhabited islands had volcanic mountains, apart from lush green forests. The military posts were built in every islands, archipelago, which includes the uninhabited too.

There were many great saints, who built hermitages in this kingdom, so they can educate the children's of the kingdom. Those hermitages provide knowledge on Vedas, Science, Mathematics, Accounts, Economics, Commerce and many more, due to which every single person in the kingdom were educated, and their skills, helped in growing the economy of Vijaynagar. The hermitages were present in villages, also there were hermitages build at places far away from people, within the kingdom, and those were the secluded dense forests, mountains, and rock cut mountains. People used to visit those secluded to study, as the great sages resided there, also Jagdeshwar and Karma use to visit those hermitages, apart from those in the villages.

The military power of Vijaynagar grew humongous, and the trade along the sea, and within the kingdom increased. Vijaynagar now become prosperous as the revenue grew, and the people were happy. Jagdeshwar and Karma guided the government about various administrative rules, which would help the people coming from various background. Vijaynagar had developed trade with other kingdoms too. In five years, since the inception, Vijaynagar was prosperous, and powerful. There was no kingdom bordering Vijaynagar, those kingdoms were miles, miles and miles away from Vijaynagar, due to which Vijaynagar was self-sufficient, as the trade happened within the kingdom. The total area of Vijaynagar kingdom was 1,53,856.50 square kilometers.

Vijaynagar was surrounded by seas, snow cladded mountains, dense dark forests, and deserts, due to which the kingdom was secluded, peaceful, and a sleepy place.