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TILAKAMANJARI OF DHANAPĀLA
Dharmavijayi having established a fort on a hill track named Mandaraka, dug a lake, donated a devāgrahāra, built a dharmaranya, vanquished a foreigner Hūņa king and even conquered the kings of Angas, Kalingas and Kāmarūpa. He had, however, reinstated the two kings of Kāmarūpa and Kalinga after having uprooted them. The same policy seems to have been adopted by him in the case of other kings abiding in the Uttarāpatha who acting as subsidiaries to him having been reinstated after being uprooted, came to his son Harivāhana with gifts the best ones available from their territories, with news about his arrival being communicated to him through their secret agents.1
The same policy of first uprooting and then reinstating is depicted having been followed by Candraketu, sire of Samaraketu who spent some of his days visiting the highlands contiguous to Lankā shown to him by the kings who had been first uprooted and later on reinstated and who stood close to him narrating to him all the anecdotes about the heroes of Rāmāyaṇa fame.?
Inspired by his secret emissaries returned having been despatched by him, he started off to chastise the capital of the Kirātarāja named Parvataka and having made to flee all the marauders (dasyu loka) he came back to his camp having appropriated the booty along with the harem (of Kairātarāja) including the children.
"3rafusciperckifedlayer Type Fart4|19700674 qualifying "Tahtayi Toy7" of Harivāhana fully illustrates the foreign policy of a Dharmavijayī or the Righteous conqueror whose regal domain bearing one parasol for its insignia had the consecration to the throne in their own kingdoms of the Ksatriyas on the opponents' side, untampered on account of their being first uprooted and later on reinstated.
1. TM. III. pp 33-35 2. पिशुनितानेकारमायणमहापुरुषवृत्तान्तरन्ति कस्थितै स्तत्रत्य नरपतिभिरुत्रवात तारो पितैरनुपदं प्रदशितान्
tai RADIÀRIF HET 41121414: Afara fagurfag TM Vol. II p. 291. 3. Ibid. Vol. II p. 291. 4. Ibid. Sm. ed. p. 427.
