The World of Courtesans c10.194

c10.194

Bhadrayudha was not an ordinary man, but a great general who had subdued the rulers of Konkan, the *Shakas* and Malawa and then returned to Bihar, establishing the glory of the Guptas. Such was his renown that the women of Aparanta sang songs of his valourous deeds even on the far off sea coast lashed by the waves. The burden of the song was that he was great both as a fighter and a humanist.