Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s7.204

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the founder of that city. The further fact of removal of capital in his reign too—which must be regarded as a second transfer¹—shows that his predecessor had reverted to the older stronghold apparently as a place of refuge. The event alluded to in the words "*śrayishyati*" Girivrajam need not necessarily imply that Girivraja continued to be the capital uninterruptedly till the days of Śiśunāga.