History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c53.s1.18

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In I. A. vol. VIII. p. 273 (at p. 278) we find that a general, called Udayacandra, of Nandivarma Pallavamalla (about the 9th century A. D.) defeated Pṛthivivyāghra, king of Niṣadha, who had accompanied the horse in his horse sacrifice. In E. C. vol. X. Kolar No. 63 it is stated in an inscription of 757 A. D. that the Cālukya emperor Pulakeśi was purified by his bath at an Aśvamedha. In the very ancient Nanaghat Inscription (A. S. W. I. vol. V. pp. 60-61) an Andhra king²⁶⁷⁶ is described as having performed the Rājasūya, two Aśvamedhas, Gargatrirātra, Gavāmayana and Aṅgirasām-ayana.²⁶⁷⁷ In the first half of the 18th century Savaī Jayasiṅg, king of Amber, performed an Aśvamedha (vide Īśvaravilāsakāvya of Kṛṣṇa-kavi, D. C. Ms No. 273 of 1884-86 and 'Poona Orientalist,' vol. II. pp. 166-180).