The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c30.32
The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c30.32
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¹ The pilgrim's statement that the king, after the subjugation of Northern India, completed in 612, 'reigned in peace for thirty years without raising a weapon', must not be interpreted literally, for as a matter of fact, the wars with Pulakēśin II and Valabhī occurred. 'The text is *Ch'ui-san-shih-nien-ping-ko-pu-ch'i*. Here the word *ch'ui* is employed, as frequently, to denote "don the imperial robe", that is "to reign gently and happily"' (Watters, i, 343, 346). Similar phrases are used as commonplaces in Sanskrit inscriptions.