History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c8.s5.60

c8.s5.60

He seems to have been a virtuous ruler as among others Bhīṣma recommends his name to be recited both at sunset and sunrise.¹ We further learn from the Mahābhārata that he performed the horse-sacrifice.² Aṣṭaka was succeeded by the shadowy Lauhi,³ with whom the ruling dynasty of Kānyakubja abruptly comes to an end.⁴