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297A. For these enfeebled Buddhists, was there any other way open for consolation than to imagine themselves, the unlimited tortures in the infernal fires of purgatory or the hell or the ‘narak’, as we Indians should like to style the place, for terrible enemy, whom they dared not think of harming in the least, while yet he lived in this world? But wasn’t this consolation of these non-violent Buddhists violent? Is it kindness of extreme cruelty? The Victorious entry of Yashodharma into Ujjain! 298. After vanquishing Mihirgula completely Yashodharma overthrew all Hunnish influence from the Panchnad and after having re-established Indian rule in this newly freed land, he returned to Malava with his victorious army. With great pomp and ceremony did this Yashodharma enter Ujjain, which had the reputation of being the capital of India since the time of Vikramaditya, and which he had freed anew from the foreign yoke. Now he did not remain a simple king but had become the king of kings, Maharajadhiraj! He erected two pillars to commemorate the victory of the Indian patriots against the Huns. They even now testify to the gratification that the people of these times might have then felt. What Happened to the Huns Next? 299. What else could have happened to them? They met with the same fate that their forerunners, the Ionians, the Sakas, the Parthians and the other aggressors did. Soon after Mihirgula died round about A.D. 540, the Hunnish states in the north-west region beyond the Indus valley dwindled into insignificance, within a generation or two, and perished completely. After wresting political power from the Huns, the Vedic Hindu kings once again began to rule right up to the Hindukush. The moment they lost political power, because of an armed might stronger than their own, the Huns became meek lambs. Dr. Jayaswal writes, “The Huns were fully crushed within a century by the successive (Hindu) dynasties.” Because of the great losses in their ranks, suffered during a century of incessant warfare with the Hindus, Hunnish population diminished rapidly in numbers. Whosoever remained, took over willingly to Indian religions and languages and customs, and within a generation or two, merged so completely with the Hindus that they could never recollect their Hunnish extraction. 300. Vincent Smith has the following comments to offer on the far- reaching effects of this decisive Indian victory over the Huns: “After the