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Vaisampayana continued,--thus addressed, Dhananjaya replied unto Bhagadatta, saying,--'If thou wilt give thy promise to do this, thou hast done all I desire. And having thus subjugated the king of Pragjyotisha, Dhananjaya, then marched towards the north. He then conquered the mountainous tracts and their outskirts, as also the hilly regions. And having conquered all the mountains and the kings that reigned there, and bringing them under his sway, he exacted tributes from all. And winning the affections of those kings and uniting himself with them, he next marched, against Brihanta, the king of Uluka, making this earth tremble with the sound of his drums, the clatter of his chariot-wheels, and the roar of the elephants in his train. Brihanta, however, quickly coming out of his city followed by his army consisting of four kinds of troops, gave battle to Arjuna. And the fight that took place between Brihanta and Dhananjaya was terrible. It so happened that Brihanta was unable to bear the prowess of the son of Pandu. Then that invincible king of the mountainous region regarding the son of Kunti irresistible, approached him with all his wealth. Arjuna snatched out the kingdom from Brihanta, but having made peace with him marched, accompanied by that king, against Senabindu whom he soon expelled from his kingdom. After this he subjugated Modapura, Vamadeva, Sudaman, Susankula, the Northern Ulukas, and the kings of those countries and peoples. Hereafter at the command of Yudhishthira, Arjuna, did not move from the city of Senabindu but sent his troops only and brought under his sway those five countries and peoples. For Arjuna, having arrived at Devaprastha, the city of Senavindu, took up his quarters there with his army consisting of four kinds of forces. Thence, surrounded by the kings and the peoples he had subjugated, he marched against king Viswagaswa. Having vanquished in battle the brave mountaineers, who were all great warriors, Arjuna, then occupied with the help of his troops, the town protected by the Puru king. Having vanquished in battle the Puru king, as also the robber tribes, of the mountains, Arjuna brought under his sway the seven tribes called Utsava-sanketa. Arjuna then defeated the brave Kshatriyas of Kashmira and also king Lohita along with ten minor chiefs. Then the Trigartas, the Daravas, the Kokonadas, and various other Kshatriyas, advanced against Arjuna. Arjuna then took the delightful town of Avisari, and then brought under his sway Rochamana ruling in Uraga. Arjuna, putting forth his might, pressed the delightful town of Singhapura that was well-protected with various weapons. Then Arjuna, at the head of all his troops, fiercely attacked the regions called Suhma and Sumala. Then Arjuna, after pressing them with great force, brought the Balhikas always difficult of being vanquished, under his sway. Then Falguna, taking with him a select force, defeated the Daradas along with the Kambojas. Then the exalted Arjuna vanquished the robber tribes that dwelt in the north-eastern frontier and those also that dwelt in the woods. And, Arjuna also subjugated the allied tribes of the Lohas, the eastern Kambojas, and northern Rishikas. And the battle with the Rishikas was fierce in the extreme. And defeating, the Rishikas in the field of battle, Arjuna took from them as tribute eight horses that were of the colour of the parrot's breast, as also other horses of the hues of the peacock, born in northern and other climes and endued with high speed. At last having conquered all the Himalayas and the Nishkuta mountains, arriving at the White mountains, encamped on its breast."