Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c15.s2.18

c15.s2.18

Indrapālita must be identified with **Samprati** or Śāliśūka according as we identify Bandhupālita with Daśaratha or Samprati. “In the matter of the propagation of the Jaina faith, Jaina records speak as highly of Samprati as Buddhist records do of Aśoka.” The *Pāṭaliputrakalpa* of Jinaprabhasuri³ says, “in Pāṭaliputra flourished the great king Samprati, son of Kuṇāla, lord of Bhārata with its three continents (*trikhaṇḍaṁ Bharata-kshetraṁ Jināyatanamanditam*), the great *Arhanta* who established *Vihāras* for *Śramaṇas* even in non-Aryan countries.”