Public Administration in Ancient India c19.20

c19.20

King Yasodharman describes himself in his inscriptions as one who conquered countries not enjoyed by the Guptas, “before whose chieftains bow down Kings from the neighbourhood of Lauhitya (Brahmaputra) to Mahendra, and from Himālaya to the Western Ocean.” ² Harshavardhana was also a great conqueror who, according to the Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsiang, went from East to West subduing all the Kings of Northern India, and whose victorious armies reposed only after thirty years of incessant fighting.³