The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c31.s4.3

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The latter was succeeded by his three sons in order; the eldest of whom, Chandrāpīḍa, received investiture as king from the Emperor of China in 720; by whom the third son Muktāpīḍa, also known as Lalitāditya, was similarly honoured in 733. This prince, who is said to have reigned for thirty-six years, extended the power of Kashmīr far beyond its normal mountain limits, and about the year 740 inflicted a crushing defeat upon Yasovarman, king of Kanauj.² He also vanquished the Tibetans, Bhūtias, and the Turks on the Indus. His memory has been perpetuated by the famous Mārtānda temple of the Sun, built by him, and still existing. The acts of this king, and all that he did, with something more, are set forth at large in Kalhana’s chronicle.