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The Adi Purana states that Emperor Bharata, while serving or meeting with great affection, reached the beautiful regions of Mount Girnar. [101] Remembering the future pilgrimage of Nemnath, he circumambulated Mount Girnar, which was as high as Mount Sumeru, in the Sorat country, and proceeded further. [102] The kings of those countries, having presented the best silk garments, China silk, and many other fine garments, had the darshan of Emperor Bharata. [103] Bharata had endeared himself to many kings by honor and gifts, to many by trust and affectionate conversation, and to many by a pleasing gaze. [104] Many kings, pleased, had worshipped Emperor Bharata, who had come to their country, with excellent elephants, noble horses, and various kinds of jewels. [105] Many other kings served Bharata with horses born in the Turushka country, which were swift and possessed of qualities of body, intellect, age, and strength. [106] Many kings presented horses born in the same country, as well as those born from horses of one country and mares of another, those who traveled in various directions and countries, those who were noble and possessed of perfect limbs, those born in the Kambhoja, Valhika, Taitil, Aratta, Saindhava, Vanayuj, Gandhara, and Vapi countries, and had the darshan of the Emperor. [107-108] Thus, Bharata did not only obtain jewels at every stop, but also gained fame by conquering great kings who were difficult to conquer by his prowess. [109] Bharata's commander, by his victorious armies, blocked the paths of water and land on all sides and conquered the mountain kings. [110] The commander, crossing over many kinds of countries, large forests, rivers, and mountains, quickly established the command of Emperor Bharata everywhere. [111] Thus, the Emperor, conquering the kings of the western direction in the same way as the kings of the eastern direction, and taking away their pride and wealth, proceeded towards the western ocean. [112]