Incredible Ancient India (Bharat) : The empire of king Vikramaditya of Ujjain (Western Data Genesis Gemini AI) - The empire of King Vikramaditya, historically associated with the city of Ujjain (ancient Avanti), is celebrated as a peak of ancient Indian power, justice, and cultural achievement. He remains an "ideal king" in Indian cultural memory.
According to traditional texts like the Bhavishya Purana, Vikramaditya’s empire was a "universal" kingdom (Chakravartin) -
· Indian Subcontinent: His boundaries supposedly stretched from the Indus River in the west to Kapila (Kapilavastu) in the east, and from Badaristhana (Badrinath) in the north to Setubandha (Rameshwaram) in the south.
· Vassal States: Folklore mentions he had roughly 800 vassal kings under his suzerainty.
· Legendary Expansion: Some accounts claim his influence reached as far as Arabia, Persia, and Turkistan, suggesting a cultural or commercial reach that transcended modern borders.
ALSO, MORE - Maharaja Vikramaditya Indian emperor is said to have visited Nepal in 57 BC where King Amsuvarman of Thakuri dynasty accepted status of ‘Samantha’, within his empire and as a symbol of his over-lordship had inaugurated his era in Nepal in 57 BC. This is published in Indian Antiquary Vol.XIII p.411. (Ref: P.16 of in Chronology of Nepal Reconstructed by Kota Venkatachalam Rao). King Amsuvarman is said to have reigned from (101 BC to 33 BC) while Vikramaditya is said to have ruled for 100 years from (82 BC to 19 AD).
He went on to conquer Babylon, Persia, Turkistan, Arabia, and other Western Asia countries. He showed utmost forbearance towards them and called himself the ‘King of Aryavrata and Liberator of the Arabs, Turks, and the Jews'. Vikramaditya had the wisdom of leaving institution of the kingdoms he attached to his empire unchanged.
Arabs, Kurds, and Persians saw him as the Lord’s Chosen One’. Respect and adoration they had for this Indian emperor can be found recorded in a volume called ‘Sayar-ul-Okul’ (meaning memorable worlds) and can be found in Makhtab-e-sultania library in Istanbul, Turkey.
The text of this inscription was found inscribed on a gold dish hung inside the Kaaba shrine in Mecca. It was written by the Arabian poet Jarrham Bintoi who lived more than 165 years before Prophet Mohammed’s time. It was a tribute to Maharaja Vikramaditya who lived 500 years before Jarrham Bintoi. The annual fair known as ‘OKAJ’ used to be held every year around the Kaaba temple in Mecca where many scholars and poets was honoured for their literary work and the best were engraved on a gold plate and hung inside the Kaaba temple. Arabian Poet Jarrham Bintoi’s tribute to Vikramaditya was thus honoured this way on the sacred walls of the Kaaba.
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