STORY # 2
ELEPHANT IS OUR FRIEND.................The Mughal dynasty has never had a taller elephant than this You may have seen an elephant in a zoo or a circus. It is a very heavy and tall, wide quadruped, with a maximum weight of 6350 kg, a length of 24 feet and a height of 17 feet. It weighs more than all land animals, but more than a whale or an elephant. It weighs more than any other land animal, but the water animal is much larger than the whale, the elephant. Along with physical strength, elephants are also very intelligent mentally. Man has been raising this intelligent animal for thousands of years for different purposes, because it is easy to train. It befriends man and also plays with it. Long-distance travel can also be done by riding on them. The king also adorned his favorite elephant with precious ornaments. Elephants were used in wars because of their power. Elephants have always played an important role in ancient wars. They carried soldiers to the battlefield with heavy loads. In the old days, a catapult was a machine like a huge crane, which was used by the enemy. Throwing large stones at the army. His locomotive was pulled by an elephant. Abrahah, the ruler of Abyssinia, was accompanied by an army of elephants when he left the house with the unholy intention of attacking the Ka'bah, but by the command of Allah he was killed by his own oxen. Elephants are very common in the subcontinent. Advertise with Anonymous Ads Since the elephant is very powerful, it is also considered a "god" in Hindu Dharma. Elephants are still used religiously in many Hindu family weddings and ceremonies. When Alexander (also called Alexander) came to conquer the subcontinent in 326 BC before the birth of Jesus, he was confronted by an army of elephants of King Porus on the banks of the river Jhelum. In the same battle, Alexander's famous horse, on whose back he had conquered half the world, was killed. Mahmud Ghaznavi, the ruler of Ghazni, felt that the presence of elephants in the army was essential to compete with Indian kings and queens. He bought hundreds of elephants from India, including mahouts. Similarly, in the subcontinent, Shahabuddin Ghauri competed with the great Raja Prithvi Raj, in which the Raja also brought several thousand war elephants. When the Mughal emperor Zaheer-ud-Din Babar came to India, he had only horses and mules with him, but when he came here, he was amazed to see the power of the elephant. Similarly, the very tall and wide elephant of Bahadur Shah Zafar "Mula Bakhsh" is alive in history. It is said that the Mughal dynasty never had a taller and wider elephant than this. He would come and greet Bahadur Shah Zafar on his knees as soon as he saw him. No one but the king could ride on it. He played with the children in a very interesting way. When Maula Bakhsh witnessed the capture of his 82-year-old king by the British, he went on a hunger strike in protest. If he did not agree, he was auctioned off. Seth Hazari Mill, a big businessman from Delhi, bought it with a big bid of Rs. 250. When Maulabakhsh got the news of this accident, he collapsed and passed away forever. Advertise with Anonymous Ads The Iranian king Nader Shah was unfamiliar with elephants. When he captured Delhi, he was offered an elephant for riding. He flatly refused to ride because he did not have such a large animal and a bridle in his mouth. The British rode an elephant in India, but they did not like the ride because it needed a mahout. The viceroy and the queen were ridden on elephants. There are still more than 27,000 elephants in India. Dozens of elephants are still kept in Jaipur and tourists rent elephants and go for a walk on the hill to Qila Amir. An elephant village has been built.
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