The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c29.131

c29.131

Five years later, in the year 465, the dedication of a temple to the Sun, in the country between the Ganges and Jumna now known as the Bulandshahr District, made by a pious Brahman in the reign of Skandagupta, described in the customary language as ‘augmenting and victorious’, indicates that the central portion of the empire also enjoyed a settled government.¹ The conclusion therefore is legitimate that the victory over the barbarian invaders was gained at the beginning of the reign, and was sufficiently decisive to secure the general tranquillity of all parts of the empire for a considerable number of years.