Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c19.s4.16
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c19.s4.16
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³ "The Righteous King of Kings", "the Righteous Crown Prince". Lüders' Ins., Nos. 1196, 1200. For the significance of the title, *cf.* IA, 5, 51, "*Kaliyuga-doshāvasanna-dharmoddharaṇa-nitya sannaddha*." *Cf.* also the epithets "*Manvādi-praṇīta-vidhi-vidhānadharmā Dharmarāja iva*," "*prakshālita-kali-kalaṅkaḥ*" applied to the Maitraka Kings of Valabhī (*Bhavnagar Inscriptions*, 3!). Sometimes even Saka rulers and generals posed as *Dharmavijayī* (*JASB*, 1923, 343).