War in Ancient India c11.61

c11.61

The Vijigīṣu seems to have been invariably an emperor lording it over the states of the circle. That it was so is seen from the *Raghuvamśa* where Kālidāsa, the immortal poet, characterised Daśaratha as the central monarch of a maṇḍala of twelve kings. The term Vijigīṣu occurs in the Purāṇas and means the conquering king.