The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c16.14

c16.14

Upon his accession, about a.d. 375, Vikramâditya's first undertaking was to push the boundaries of his empire right across to the Arabian Sea, through Malwâ and Gujerat, by the conquest of Surâshtra or Kâthiâwâr, where a dynasty known as the Saka had ruled since the beginning of the Christian era. It was probably as a consequence of this campaign that the Saka chieftains emigrated to Java, and, joining others of the same clan who had colonised the island in the previous centuries, began to build those wonderful monuments which are among the finest and most splendid creations of Indian art.¹