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584 POLITICAL HISTORY OF ANCIENT INDIA
the first half of the seventh century the Gupta's lost Vidišā to the Katachchuris and their power in the Ganges Valley was overshadowed by that of Harsha. But, after the death of the great Kanauj monarch, the Gupta empire was sought to be revived by Adityasēna, son of Mādhava Gupta, who "ruled the whole earth up to the shores of the oceans," performed the Asvamedha and other great sacrifices and assumed the titles of Parama-bhattāraka and Mahārājādhirāja.
