Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s4.79
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s4.79
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still the *Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa* distinctly says that the *Samrāj* was a higher authority than a *Rājan*; "by offering the *Rājasūya* he becomes king, and by the *Vājapeya* he becomes *Samrāj*; and the office of king is the lower, and that of *Samrāj* the higher"¹ In the *Āśvalāyana Śrauta-Sūtra*² Janaka is mentioned as a great sacrificer.