The military rivalry between Avanti and Vatsa was highlighted by the capture of King Udayana of Kaushambi by King Chanda Pradyota of Ujjain. What unique tactical strategy did Pradyota implement to execute this capture?

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King Udayana of Vatsa was a masterful musician whose veena playing could tame wild elephants, a passion he routinely pursued in peripheral forests. Chanda Pradyota of Avanti exploited this vulnerability by placing a large fake mechanical elephant filled with concealed elite troops in the Narmada forests. When Udayana approached to capture it, the hidden soldiers ambushed and arrested him, an episode immortalized in classical Sanskrit dramas.

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