Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s3.160
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s3.160
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The conquest of Taxila by the Kuru king may, however, be an historical fact, because King Janamejaya is represented as a great conqueror in the *Brāhmaṇas*. Thus the *Aitareya Brāhmaṇa* says :² “*Janamejayaḥ Pārikshitaḥ samantaṁ sarvataḥ pṛithivīṁ jayan parīyāyāśvena cha medhyeneje, tadeshā yajña-gathā gīyate* :