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According to the historian Mazumdar, Lalitaditya concentrated his attention towards the areas in the north after important victories in the south. His empire had been extended upto the remote corner of the mountain range in Karakorum s, a highway linking China with India. In the beginning of the 8th century the Arab invasion had started knocking at the door of Kabul valley. During this period the Muslim power in Sindh was trying to match towards the north. When the empires of Kabul and Gandhar were busy in these invasions, Lalitaditya got a nice opportunity for establishing his foothold in the north. He moves, with his victorious army, from Dardistan to Turkey . The entire area was rich in Kashmiri traditions and education because of the efforts of unlimited number of monks and Kashmiri peaple in towns of central Asia. It is not diffcult to understand that Lalitaditya achieved an easy victory in this region. After the end of Teng reign, those states that had come under the Chinese rule had disintegrated because of civil wars. (R.C. Mazumdar, Ancient India, Page 383). Kashmir, at that time, was the most powerful state. During the time of Lalitaditya its boundaries had extended from Tibet in the east to Iran and Turkey in the west and from Central Asia in the north to Orrisa and the seashores of Dwarika in the south. Lalitaditya evinced interest in other spheres besides his army life. Art and trade received importance during his reign. Religious festivals were being held. Lalitaditya provided special facilities and encouragement to paintings and sculpture. He was a successful writer and a Veena player. Bamzai has written that Lalitaditya's war victories have received special place among different accounts of his reign. Later on he was made a hero of Kashmiris. On the basis of his building art, great work connected with human welfare, his love for education, protection to scholars and his image of a kind conqueror Ashoka, Lalitaditya is considered as the greatest ruler of Kashmir. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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