The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v1.c8.s10.5

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The Vākāṭaka family seems to have fallen on evil days again during the reign of Pṛithvīsheṇa following an attack by the Traikūṭakas in the west, a line of rulers which was fast rising into importance and power in northern Konkaṇa at this time. King Dahrasena of this family, who ruled from c. A.D. 445 to 475, had performed a horse-sacrifice. The expansion of power of which this sacrifice was a sign must obviously have taken place partly at the cost of Pṛithivīsheṇa, his eastern neighbour and perhaps at one time his overlord. Pṛithivīsheṇa’s victories were merely defensive actions; for the Traikūṭakas continued to prosper and to expand farther still during the reign of Vyāghrasena, the successor of Dahrasena.