The Iksvakus of Vijayapuri: A Study of the Nagarjunakonda Inscriptions
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The Iksvakus succeeded the Satavahanas as rulers in Andhra Desh. I had an opportunity to visit Nagarjunakonds and study the inscriptions. I was also fascinated to study the Iksvakus, perhaps by my repeated visits to Nagarjunakonda. Theirs was a short period of rule lastly no more than 100 years, and the rulers were only four in number, but the contribution of the period to the religious and cultural history of Andhra was enormous. The city of Vijayapuri to bost of scores of Buddhist and Brahmanical monuments. The city must have crowded with people from far off lands fascinating to contemplate the Buddhist makes moving about the streets of Vijayapuri is spreading the message of the Buddha. Vijayapuri is rather a dream city, a city of my dreams and few other cities of the time could excel it in flowing the grandeur. It is but natural that I should make an effort to study the Iksvakus through the writings of the time.
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