भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)

of the British Imperial Colonies. King Yashodharma 288. Under the undeserving and weak Purgupta, the suzerainty of Magadha began to be flouted and disregarded by almost every one. Most of the vassals of the Gupta Empire and even the provinces and principalities began to rule themselves independently. All these virtually subordinate but actually independent provinces and different feudal lords feared the political dominance of the Huns, which had by then spread as far as Malava. Everybody was seething with indignation at seeing a foreign tyrant like Mihirgula occupy the throne of the Great Vikramaditya at Ujjain, and every patriotic Vedic Indian was anxious to see the Huns overpowered and routed at the earliest oppurtunity. Yet, none of all these smaller states and provinces had the courage to take any aggressive move against these Huns. Nonody could broach the subject openly. 289. At such a critical time, an adventurous youth vowed to solve this knotty problem. He was not even a titular king or emperor. He was merely a small chieftain, Yashodharma by name, of a relatively small principality in the province of Malava. But his ambition, his sense of patriotism and his daring spirit were as lofty and powerful as to challenge the might of the mightiest and pompously styled ‘King of Kings’ of the Huns, Mihirgula, and dethrone him, and to destroy the Hanish influence root and branch. A common front of the Vedic Kings 290. First of all, he organized almost all the neighbouring independent Indian states with a view to fighting out the Hunnish menace. Even Baladitya of Magadha supported this organized war effort, and under the leadership of King Yashodharma, all these kings marched against the Huns from all sides. This well-organized Indian Army could do what none else could think of doing single-handed, and the most powerful Hunnish army began to be slaughtered on the battlefields of India. Defeat of the huns: capture of Mihirgula Himself 291. In the end, the Supreme Commander, Yashodharma marched at the head of a very powerful army on Mihirgula himself, and joining battle at Mandasore or Korur sometime about A.D. 528, overthrew the Hunnish dragon for ever. After a very savage man-slaughter, Mihirgula himself became a captive of King Yashodharma. 292. This singular success resounded thunderously throughout the length and breadth of India.