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Title: The Queen Who Refused to Be Traded: Debut Historical Thriller Reclaims the Woman Behind India’s Golden Age

MUMBAI, 30 October 2026: According to a fragmentary Sanskrit play, a besieged king agreed to hand his wife to an enemy warlord to save his own life, until his younger brother entered the enemy camp disguised as the queen and assassinated the rival. That queen, Dhruvadevi, now reclaims her story in Dhruvadevi: The Queen Who Made Chandragupta, the debut historical thriller by business strategist Sarvajeet Dinesh Chandra, available on Kindle worldwide and in paperback in select markets.Set in 377 CE as the Roman Empire faltered, the novel immerses readers in the Gupta Empire, a dynasty associated with early chess, place-value mathematics and the astronomer Aryabhata. As the Guptas face the Sakas, Indo-Scythian rulers of western India, in a brutal contest over trade routes and frontiers, Ramagupta inherits the throne of Magadha from his father, the conqueror Samudragupta, but not his father’s genius for war. His marriage to the Licchavi princess Dhruvadevi secures an alliance that ultimately fails to protect the empire.When a cornered Ramagupta attempts to buy his survival by trading his queen to the enemy, she refuses to be a bargaining chip. Her ensuing alliance with his half-brother, Chandragupta, ignites a volatile mix of assassination, espionage, forbidden love and civil war.Chandra’s cast reaches well beyond India’s borders, showcasing a cosmopolitan ancient world joined to Rome and Persia by trade routes. Greek tavern informers, Persian horse traders, and Roman merchants crowd the markets. Alba, a Roman&nbs...

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