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THE AUTHOR: BHOJADEVA
And thus looking to his strong and extensive political power the claim of the Udaipur Prasasti that he possessed the earth from the Kailāsa to the Malaya hills and from the setting to the rising sun is not an exaggeration.
The SMK supports what the historians record. He is compared with the great literary men like Subandhu, Bhāsa, Gunadhya and Bana. A glowing tribute is paid to his intellectual acumen and statesmanship in comparing him with great men like Brhaspati, Uśanas, Uddhava, Canakya and Dharmakirti. Of such a learned and mighty king, the footstool was reddened by the rubies studded in the crowns of the constantly bowing kings; the creeper of fame rose to the skies; Goddess Sarasvati sought refuge and the Glory of Victory sought asylum.
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