Ancient Indian Colonization in South-East Asia c9.79

c9.79

The position of supremacy lost by China now passed to Kamboja, Mithilā-rāṣṭra now formed a part of the Kambuja Empire, and probably this forms the justification of Indra-varman’s claim that his commands were obeyed by China. To the south of Mithilā there were a large number of Hindu kingdoms along the homage and allegiance to the king and dedicating the life to his service, as well as the names of district officers, numbering more than four thousand, who took it in the presence of the sacred fire, the Brāhmaṇas and the *ācāryas*. Among other things the officers swore that they shall not honour any other king, shall never be hostile to their own king, and shall not be the accomplices of any enemy.