"I have warned you so may times but you do not want to listen to me. If I can come from a past era to tell you something then you should listen instead of cross questioning me," retorted Sanya.
"Ok, sorry carry on, I am listening. I will listen to your whole story, thereafter I will ask anything, if necessary."
Like I said earlier, I, Sanya, am the designated ruler of my country. After the untimely demise of my father, the King, I am suppose to ascend the throne."
"My brother had died in young age due to an illness. My mother expired a few months later. She had probably caught the same virus while treating my brother. Thereafter, there were only persons left in the family were my father and me."
"My coronation is within a few days but I do not trust this uncle of mine. He has had designs on the throne since many years ago. Perhaps he was involved in my the death of my brother and mother and maybe my father also."
"I love someone and want to marry him. But it is funny that if a King or prince wants to marry a commoner, there are no restrictions. But when a princess wants to marry a commoner then there is a hue and cry."
"Anyway, how can I help you?" asked Tania.
"No, there is no way. You just listen to the story of my life as if it is projected on the screen." replied Sanya.
Sanya, the girl in her dream, was trying to tell Tania her life story. But Tania kept interrupting her and the constant interruptions seem to annoy Sanya.
Tania was not ready to listen to the information being passed on to her in a dream. After all, how can a dream give you important information?
Seeing that Sanya was annoyed, Tania decided to pay attention and listened to the story being told to her with great interest.
"I will repeat what I said," replied Sanya.
"I, Sanya, am the designated ruler of my country," Sanya said. "After the untimely demise of my father, the King, I am suppose to ascend the throne. I am 25 years old."
"I am well versed in wielding the sword as well as any other weapon and was taught the art of using weapons. This was a part of my education." My brother and I had trained for hours. But then, one fine day my brother became ill. We could not figure out what had happened to him. My mother used to look after him. The disease was such that his body slowly started to waste away, and he succumbed to the disease. My mother expired a few months later. She had probably caught some virus while treating my brother."
So, for the past 5-7 years, there have been only my father and I in my immediate family."
"My coronation is within a few days but I do not trust this uncle of mine. He has had designs on the throne since many years ago. Perhaps he is involved in the death of my brother and mother and my father too."
"I love someone and want to marry him. But it is funny that if a King or prince wants to marry a commoner, there are no restrictions. But when a princess wants to marry a commoner then there is a hue and cry."
"Now you can ask me anything you want," Sanya finished her monologue with these words.
"Okay, Is there anyway that I can help you?" asked Tania.
"No, there is no way you can help me."
"You have listened to the story of my life in a nutshell which is something."
"This is what happened to you in a previous life, after all, I am a previous life."
Tania was surprised that such a conversation was going on in a dream. Well, it is said that in dreams a person travels with the speed even greater than the speed of light. Here, her mind was travelling at a speed greater than the speed of light. Otherwise, how come she was transported to some place in India? She had no idea which place she was seeing in her dream and that to herself as a princess of a previous life. She was in 2019 but the past seems to be in 1400 AD or something. She will need to get it confirmed from Sanya.
Sanya was continuing her monologue, "The day of the coronation, my uncle will do something, I do not know what he has in mind."
"I have a plan. I will come again in your dream in two days time and tell you."
"I can't tell you yet as the same person has been born as your uncle in your present life."
"He should not be aware of the plot under any circumstances."
Tania thought that she should butt in now. This conversation seemed to much of a monologue even though it was in a dream.
"I understand all your problems," replied Tania. "But at least tell me which time period are you talking about? By that I mean what is the year of of your life?"
"If you cannot tell me then at least tell me who are the mightiest kings in your times? The famous cities that people visit will help me pinpoint the era to which you belong."
" Who do you pray to? Some artifacts will also help me identify the era that you belong to or as you say it, I belonged to?"
Sanya listened to her for some time with interest and then started to answer her.
The biggest cities are Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro, then there is the port city of Lothal. We have trade relations with Egypt called Misser and also Sumeria. We have our guild system as well as different coins and seals that are used for trade. Our cities are well planned and swept by the winds The entrances to the housed are from the inner lanes. The main streets are at the back of the houses. We import cotton from Egypt and make cloth from it. Then export it to other places in this continent and others too.
Tania didn't know what to say. Her previous self had come to her in a dream. It seems that she had lived a life during the prehistory period called the Indus Valley Civilization, which was a Bronze Age civilization in the northwestern regions of South Asia and had lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE. The mature phase was form from 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE. The cities were well known for their impressive, organized and regular layout. They had well laid our plumbing and drainage system, including indoor toilets.