Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c21.s1.2

c21.s1.2

¹ Cf. the name Vikrama Siṁha of Ujjayinī, Penzer, III. 11. The story narrated in Vishamaśīla Lambaka, has for its hero Vikramāditya, son of Mahendrāditya, who is apparently to be identified with Skanda Gupta. But some of the motifs such as strīvesha (*Kathā Sar.* XVIII. 3. 42), visit to the enemy's own place with a Vetāla (5. 40 f) were probably taken from the cycle of legends associated with Chandra Gupta II, father of Mahendra.