Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c16.s1.20

c16.s1.20

⁵ The possible existence of this viceroyalty is disclosed by an inscription discovered at the door of a temple at Ayodhyā, which records the erection of a "ketana" (abode) by a *Kosalādhipa* who was the sixth (brother or descendant?) of *Senāpati* Pushyamitra, the performer of two horse-sacrifices (*Nāgarī Prachāriṇī Patrikā*, Vaiśākha, Sam. 1981; *JBORS*, X (1924) 203; XIII (1927) facing 247. *Mod. Review*, 1924; October, p. 431; *IHQ*, 1929, 602f.; *Ep. Ind.* XX. 54ff). It is interesting to note that the title, 'Senāpati' clung to the *deva* (king) Pushyamitra even after the performance of the *Aśvamedha*. *Cf.* the epithet *Vāhinīpati* applied to king Virāṭa in the *Mahābhārata* and the title *Yavuga* applied to Kushān emperors besides other epithets. *Cf.* also the style *Mahārāja Mahāsenāpati* in *CII.*, Vol. 3, p. 252, and the title *Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara* applied to Bijjala and others even after the assumption of the full royal style (*Bomb. Gaz.*, II. ii. 474ff).