Sidharth woke up again with a groan. He was lying on a matt on the wooden floor. He sat up and looked around noticing the room he was in. It was completely built out of wood. The door of the room swung open and the old man he later saw entered.
"Who are you. Where are we." he asked to the old man
"My name is Chandragupta. As for your next question, I think you already know the answer." the sorcerer said with a smile
"How is this possible." he asked in wonder
"You know the answer to that as well." the sorcerer said serenely
"Multiverse. But why me and for what purpose." he asked
"Why did you come here. I do not know. But I know why it happened." the sorcerer said
"Why?" he asked
"Because in a parallel universe the Infinity stones were destroyed. That caused a chain reaction and all the Cosmic energies are in imbalance and further adding insult to the injury the Captain America did the most stupidest thing. He went back in time and changed everything. He married the women he loved. It was as if he was slapping the collective conscious of the Infinity stones and treating them as colourful baubles." the sorcerer said with a pained look
"But ... but that was just in the movies." he said baffled at the logic
"Oh no my young friend. That is what happened in this Universe and the stones just recreated themselves and rewinded the time and changed what it wanted. So here we are." the sorcerer said with a happy smile
"Why are you smiling. This is a disaster. Why did the stones pull me into this mess." he asked hotly
"To fix everything ofcourse. We are far back in time. So you don't have to worry about anything now." the sorcerer said
"What year is it." he asked defeated
"Hmm. That is a complicated question." the sorcerer said
"That was the simplest question with a simplest answer." he said incredulously
"Well how about this. You are at a time where the Maurya Empire is being established in your India." the sorcerer said
"Whaaat. My good god. Wait your name is Chandragupta." he eagerly waited for the reply
"I am not the Chandragupta Maurya you think of. I just share the name with the person, nothing more and as for you young man. You may stay here and become my student if you please." the sorcerer offered
"Wait a minute. If I am in the time near the formation of Maurya empire then the year is somewhere before 322 BCE(Before Common Era) right. So the dust from my bones will be gone by the time the Avengers even forms. So what am I supposed to change." he asked
"Ahh. But my young friend you are immortal now. You took in the power of six infinity stones. Did you think your human body survived that. No you are far from human now at least biologically." the sorcerer said
"That is actually kind of cool.. I think. So what will I do in the mean time." he asked accepting his fate
"You train. You learn. You live." the sorcerer said
"Simple. Just like that." he asked
"Not so simple. You have great power within you. .." the sorcerer tarted to say
"Yeah I know. With great power comes great responsibilities. " he finished
"No. With great power you must exercise greater caution. Your actions will affect the whole world. So be ready to face the consequences. Anyways your only goal is to prevent the destruction of Infinity stones. Other than that you are free to do whatever you need to do." the sorcerer sqid
"Very well then. Teach me. Accept me as your student and I will try my best." he said
"Then welcome Siddharth. You have the name of Buddha himself and you are a Buddhist yourself. That will help you here. But first you must learn Sanskrit which I think you are somewhat proficient." the sorcerer asked
"I have learned it when I was in school. But the language has not been used ever since. Might just need to brush up a little." he answered
"Then come. Let's start" the sorcerer said as he stood up
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Twenty long years of training in mystic arts changed him in ways that he did not knew. He learned the light magics and the dark magics from his teacher, mastered different relics and spells. He completed his training within three years and the rest of the time he continued to learn and master the powers he has been gifted with.
Just as the Sorcerer said he was no longer human. He was something else entirely. He have the power to control Wind, Water, Earth, Lightning and matter manipulation. He had to train everyday to control all his powers. But finally he achieved perfect control with his hardwork and dedication.
Now after twenty years of training he decided to leave Kamar Taj and from Nepal itself. After saying goodbye to his teacher and some of his friends in the temple he began his journey and travelled around the globe. With his sling ring it was very easy to travel around the world and his magic shielded him from being discovered. He even visited Wakanda and he found them in a peaceful state. They have yet to develop any technology but they are using Vibranium weapons and effectively guarded their nation. While he was there he took a significant quantity of raw Vibranium for research purposes. He stayed some years in African jungles and slowly he began to adjust with the lonely life he had. He used his time there to develope more spells on his own and began helping the local population.
Until finally he decided to return to his birth nation. By then the year was 232 BCE. He understood this when he returned to India. He visited Pataliputra(Patna) the capital of Maurya empire and he learned the emperor Ashoka died that day. Ashoka was the greatest emperor the Maurya empire had ever seen. Ashoka expanded Chandragupta's empire to reign over a realm stretching from modern-day Afghanistan in the west to Bangladesh in the east. It covered the entire Indian subcontinent except for parts of modern-day Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala.
With his deth his grandson would inherit the throne but due to negligence the empire would decline and will be dead after some generations. But that would only happen if he would allow it to happen. He decided to establish a stable nation in his homeland. So that night he killed Dasharatha, the grandson of Ashoka and took his place with a simple illusion spell. Even his voice now matched the deceased prince. After appropriate days of mourning was over he was coronated as the fourth emperor of Maurya Empire.
He knew the land he was governing was too big to hold effectively especially with scattered kingdoms who were looking to pull down the empire from within. So first he began to look for ways to hold the vast empire. For the unity of an empire there were many essential aspects it needed. Language, culture, religion, trade, succession and most importantly centralisation of power to the crown itself.
Culture and Religion were never a problem but language was a serious problem. So he started small. From his own capital he began to insist on all education be done in Sanskrit. This eventually was established across the empire slowly. He had to personally intervene in some cases to push the issue. But at this time Sanskrit was widely held in great reverance by most parts of the empire so it was not that difficult to establish. Besides he never prohibited other languages he just promoted Sanskrit as the official language of the empire.
Also he began to completely abolish caste systems in his capital. He himself was a Buddhist and the Maurya dynasty also followed Buddhism so there was no problems in the capital itself other than a few grumbles from some nobles. But his activities did not go unnoticed by his vassel kings. Some began plotting rebellions but they suddenly found their life cut short.
His family began insisting he marry soon. But he was not interested in married life as he will have to watch as his children die while he stayed eternal. He made up an excuse to visit some of his vassal kingdoms to get away from the capital. He used this time and cursed the the rest of the royal family with a black magic spell. Within a week the entire royal family except Dasharatha was dead.
Some of his rivals thought this was the perfect time to secede from the empire. All of central India and western India stood with him but the Eastern parts withdrew from the empire thinking the Maurya to be weak. But they realised their mistake too late.
After the necessary mourning periods were over he organised a large army and began to engage in battle with the Eastern kingdoms. They never expected a quick war and from the first days itself the empire began to retake vast territories easily. He could have easily assassinated the kings himself but he decided this battle was necessary to cement the rule of the empire.
The campaign took one year to complete. This time he did not spare anyone in the rebelling royal families. He purged them root and stem and installed men he trusted as rulers to these provinces. With the empire secure he continued his works to truly unite the empire as a whole. He already knew Afghanistan area was a lost cause so he began to concentrate in Central, West and East India.
As time passed the question of succession arose. He called a council of kings and put forward his decision.
"From now onwards the heir of the empire will be selected by the Emperor. It is not necessary for the emperor to have an heir throuh blood but can select anyone from the empire and adopt them into the royal family. The emperor may marry and have children or he can be a bachelor and select an heir." he informed the assembled kings
Many were secretly happy with this turn of events. They began to assign their children and grandchildren to impress the emperor enough to name them the heir. But unfortunately he never planned on doing that. He created a human body with his molecular manipulation and used a healthy dose of illusion to make it as real as possible and announced the heir of Maurya empire. He ended his reign on 202 BCE and handed on the crown to Devavarman. His character Dasharatha ended up going on a pilgrimage to Himalayas which ofcourse he didn't.
He dismissed the molecular construct and ruled as Devavarman from 202 BCE. He continued the policies he had done in previous rule and began expanding the education into everyone. He began to expand the roads in the empire and began spreading it around to increase trade throughout the empire. Buddhism began to spread fast into all corners of the subcontinent eventhough he did not actively spread it.
His campIgn against caste systems finally began to gain traction and began to spread into Central India. There was push back against such reforms with violence. He responded with even greater violence by exterminating the entire royal families and granting the wealth and land to those who did not have it at that time. The hold of slavery slowly began to break as the landlords, uppercaste men and kings began to realise this was happening with or without them. Slowly but surely the situation began to change and Central India finally adopted his reforms by 195 BCE.
It was during the year of 195 BCE the people of Pataliputra witnessed the magical powers of their emperor first hand. The river Ganges began flooding as rain was too heavy that season. With no other choice he used his power over earth and began cutting a canal from Patna straight through the West Bengal into the bay of bengal. The canal was completed in three days and this feat of miracle made him a living god in the eyes if his subjects. With a strong and stable empire he decided to expand into south India. But this would take some time so he sped it along by assassination and negotiations. In the end South India fell into his grasp and the empire had never been this much powerful.
He took many more forms and played as the emperor transforming and empowering his homeland. By 95 CE all of the subcontinent was fully under his control and spoke a common language of Sanskrit. The caste systems were abolished and equality among the people of the empire remained despite some reluctance on many landlord's part.
