‘The poet describes the king Raghu as being a Dharmavijayi. Hundreds of years ago, a Kashmir scholar named Vallabhadeva classified kings into three categories. The first was Dharmavijayi, a king who, after defeating his enemy, allowed him to rule the territory as before but exerted administrative control over him. The second was Lobhavijayi, a king who, after defeating his enemy, snatched both his territory and treasury but spared the defeated king’s life. A king who after defeating his enemy not only snatched his territory and wealth but put him to death was called an Asuravijayi king…have
