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In this novel, Satyajit Ray has taken his teenage readers on a journey from Bengal to Rajasthan - a journey from Calcutta to Jaisalmer. This novel is the story of a teenage boy Mukul who remembers things from his previous life. It is also the story of a detective who is fond of unraveling such mysteries. He is completely proficient in this art. This detective is Feluda whose full name is Pradosh Mittir.Feluda set out to find out about Mukul's previous life. In Mukul's previous life, there was a golden fort, a buried treasure somewhere and a war was going on somewhere near his house. While searching for all this, Feluda reached Jaisalmer from Calcutta. The golden fort and the buried treasure had tempted many. Another race had also begun on who would find the buried treasure and who would capture it. Feluda knew that people would chase him. He was cautious. The scoundrels chasing him had laid a big trap, but Feluda was not going to be defeated. He was a good detective.This teenage novel by Satyajit Ray takes the readers through many cities of Rajasthan like Kishangarh, Bikaner, Jodhpur, Pokhran, Ramdevra and then Jaisalmer.'Sone Ka Kila' is one of his four teenage novels. He has also made the illustrations for this novel himself.