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² This kind of *Vijaya* or conquest is termed *Asura-vijaya* "demon's conquest" in the *Arthaśāstra* (p. 382). The name may have been derived from the Assyrians, the ruthlessness of whose warfare is well-known. For a discussion regarding the possible derivation of Asura from Aššur, see *JRAS*, 1916, 355; 1924, 265ff. Conquest of this type is first met with in India in the sixth century B.C. (*cf*. Ajātaśatru's subjugation of the Lichchhavis and Viḍūḍabha's conquest of the Śākyas) when Persia served as a link between Assyria and India.