Hindu Administrative Institutions c11.s3.51

c11.s3.51

In a word they converted the city into a jungle. But it is refreshing to note from another classical work *Silappadhikāram* there was also the practice of reinstating vanquished monarchs on their submission as tributary chieftains. King Senguṭṭuvan routed Kanakan and Vijayan of North India and took them prisoners. But they offered submission and were set free and restored to their places as subordinate chiefs.²