Bimbisar / बिम्बिसार: प्रागैतिहासिक नाटक

The playwright Ashok Pagel who has been interested in archeology and history had the difficulty of getting to know Magadha of pre-Bimbisara. Jarasandha was the majestic king of Magadha.The last king of Magadha was Ripunjay who was assassinated by Amatya Pulik and made his son Balak as the ruler of Magadha. But the child had to face opposition from the Kshatriya Kshatrapas and he was also killed. After which Bimbisara became the new king of Magadha. The first assassination was a rebellion the king was assassinated by a person close to power. But the second murder took place as a result of the mass revolution. Democracy takes birth among disgruntled people rebellion is internal. This play is also important from the point of view of understanding rebellion and revolution. But the question that can be raised is that why do we know today whether in the form of drama the narrative of the dark-light surroundings-landscape of ancient history (!)? Need it?This question has also been raised about Jaishankar Prasad's plays but today we are often convinced that through his historical plays he was pointing to similar themes of the present and cautioning us that this would happen in such circumstances. is. Regarding history we also say that by reading the story of the past in the present we are careful for the future. The idea is that through history-based theatrical writing the author expresses the present. From this point of view it is an important theatrical work.