NOVEL~*Hiding behind a Stranger*~THREAD 44-CHAPTER 49 Upd 31st May - Page 82

Originally posted by: lashy

Ohooo yenge pone nee... back at Bangalore? Back with us? 🤗

Originally posted by: lghosh

Today the Bong community had their annual picnic with all the yummy food possible and all fun and games!! They, as usual, called me, asked me to come over and look at me, sitting here at home, on my couch, dissecting HBAS and having a picnic with you guys! 🤣

And as an outcome of my act, all the gaalis are pending which I will get to hear, an earful, later! 😔

Originally posted by: Testmytest

Bindu dear we all learn from each other, like you said all bring their their own thing to the table for everyone to share!!

Aparna dear you have a good excuse to not to get up early 😉 take advantage while you can! Once the baby is born you will be sleep deprived!!

Originally posted by: Sabdabhala

I KEEP WANTING TO POST NOW SO THAT I CAN KEEP LOOKING AT MY DP 😆😆

UFFF ❤️

Originally posted by: --cute.manasi--

TOPIC CLOSED .

Originally posted by: Sabdabhala

I HAVE A DP I HAVE A DP I HAVE A DP

THAT TOO NOTHING LESS THAT A YUMMILICIOUS JALAL ❤️

Originally posted by: lashy

HBAS MAP

Alright I'd done all of this research many moons ago, before I started writing the novel...

So... (please allow for a little discrepancy)

(Bansi is further right, into UP, from Aidabad...

The forests where Heera got stranded or where Mahendar was camping for his hunting trip would be the forests at the MP - UP border (just below where you can see Aidabad)

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15- 20 miles a day for leisurely palanquin travel

25-30 miles a day for faster palanquin travel

30 - 40 miles a day a messenger on foot

45 - 50 miles a day robust horses can travel on rough terrain - (cannot travel for more than 10 hours per day)

[Even if fast horses gallop at 50 km/per hour to start off with, this speed cannot be sustained for more than quarter of a mile. So, at long distance speeds even the most robust horses would slow down, averaging 18-20km/hour. And would need frequent breaks]

(From various sources)

Keeping this in mind,

Aidabad to capital = 200 km

Travel time by horse 1.5 - 2 days approx.

Parnagarh distance to capital = 500 km

Travel time by horse 8 days approx

Travel time by foot for the regiment 14-15 days approx.

Based on these distances, the following would be the timeline for 49 -

8 days it took for Akbar and his men to travel from Parnagarh to capital.

9th day he reaches.

AMK then goes to the palace to meet Huzoor.

By end of the day, he's been put in the 'guest chamber'

Been there 21 days since - hence nearly a month he's been missing to the outside world!!!

After he was put in the guest chamber, orders were given to the regiment to get Heera to the capital.

So... what happened at the capital between the time FS gave the assignment to Khalil and AMK was put into solitary confinement (those 10 mysterious days) remains to be seen!

😊

Originally posted by: lghosh

Aap ki roz Urdu ki sabaq ek tilism laati hai mujh par jiska tasavvur ek aghyaar ke tarah mujhe apne aagosh mein lekar zindagi ka ek naya mahfoom dikhata hai! Ek musanfa ki tarah uss ki tabsira nazron ke saamne main dekhkar uss ka luft uthati hoon! 👍🏼