[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [War in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944) › c11.61 # War in Ancient India c11.61 War in Ancient India c11.61 - **Language:** English ### [c11.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.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. - [Previous: c11.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c11.60) - [Next: c11.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c11.62) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c11) ## Cites (1) - [Raghuvaṃśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.rama.raghuvamsa-works.raghuvamsa) — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c11.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c11.61) · Pramāṇa