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Still more explicit is the following passage : यदा तावद् गर्भे त्वमथ सकलश्रीर्वसुमती
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As it would, moreover, appear that Candragupta had to fight from his very accession, not only this, but that he probably gained the throne only after successfully fighting the Khasas or Śakas, the following words, too, could not be applied to him :
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मुवी दृष्ट्वा यथावत्सलघु सुचरिता हारसख्यं करोति ।। १९ ॥ For they state that in the beginning, when the hero was indifferent towards the Earth, i.e., before he started on his campaigns of conquest, his prosperity was unstable. This could certainly not be said with regard to the heir to the proverbial wealth accumulated by Samudragupta during his many successful wars.
All these passages, however, excellently suit Samudragupta himself, who having inherited a small kingdom of limited resources developed it into the glorious Gupta Empire with its vast extension and fabulous wealth, and this by his won initiative and genius.
(2) Besides, notwithstanding Candragupta II's achievements in war and peace, this prince does not seem to lend himself well as an object to the unrestrained praise and actual admiration of an austere and stern person like a Jaina Sadhu, and this not an ordinary Jaina Sädhu to boot, but an eminent and representative champion of truth like Siddhasena Divākara. For Candragupta II, though he had saved the empire from threatening disintegration and
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