Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c29.97

c29.97

The kingdom of Ayodhyā then rose to very great eminence under Yuvanāśva II⁵ and especially his son Māndhātṛ.⁶ The latter married Śaśabindu’s daughter Bindumatī (p. 150). He was a very famous king, a cakravartin and a samrāj, and extended his sway very widely⁷ (pp. 39, 40). He must have overrun the Kānyakubja kingdom and the prostrate Paurava realm,¹ because, pushing beyond them westwards, he had a long contest with and conquered the Druhyu king, who appears to have been then on the confines of the Panjab;² so that the next Druhyu king Gāndhāra retired to the north-west and gave his name to the Gāndhāra country (p. 167). These indications suggest that he also pressed on the Ānavas, who lay almost between him and the Druhyus. There is no allusion that he assailed the Yādavas, nor probability, because the Śāśabindavas were his brothers-in-law. He appears to have been a great sacrificer and a hymn-maker.³