History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c18.s1.18

History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Nāga–Vākāṭaka Imperial Period c18.s1.18

The refrain of the historian is to rail at Emperors and Conquerors. They suffer, he says from mamatva,—'L'etat c'est moi'⁴.