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The 10 pages that link to Ashvamedha, each with the reason it gives.

• Gupta EmpireRelated: Gupta rulers used the rite to stage claims of paramount kingship.

• Vedic periodBroader topic: This elaborate rite shows how ritual could reinforce a ruler’s authority.

• BrahmanaBroader topic: Brahmana accounts interpret the elaborate royal rite through procedure and symbolism.

• YajnaBroader topic: This elaborate rite shows how yajna could mark royal authority.

• IndraRelated: Its rites invoke Indra among the powers connected to kingship and victory.

• SamudraguptaRelated: Samudragupta’s coinage commemorated the ritual as a statement of imperial authority.

• Kumaragupta IRelated: Kumaragupta I commemorated an Ashvamedha through distinctive coin issues.

• Kuru KingdomRelated: Royal sacrifices such as this expressed the authority that Kuru rulers sought to consolidate.

• PandavaRelated: Yudhishthira performs it after the war to consolidate his rule.

• Pushyamitra ShungaRelated: Accounts associate Pushyamitra’s reign with two performances of this royal rite.