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Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c22.s5.8

Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c22.s5.8

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c22.s5.8

Line 6 of the Mandaśor Stone Pillar inscription¹ leaves the impression that in the time of Yaśodharman Mihirakula was the king of a Himālayan country ("small kingdom in the north"), i.e., Kaśmīra and that neighbourhood, who was compelled "to pay respect to the two feet" of the victorious *Janendra* probably when the latter carried his arms to "the mountain of snow the tablelands of which are embraced by the Gaṅgā."