Kanchi of those days was the meeting place of all the rival faiths, tenets and cultures found in different parts of India. Sankara in His digvijaya in various parts of the country attacked the rival faiths in their own centres and citadels and having vanquished Jains, Bauddhas, Mimamsakās, Sāktās, Kāpālikas,and atheists in the West, North and East and having established monuments of victory in the four corners of the country, He finally settled down at Kanchi which was the great converging centre of all the faiths and cultures of the country. Here He rested, found peace and entered into Eternal Bliss.

H. R. RANGASWAMI IYENGAR,

(Retired Superintendent,

Oriental Research Institute, Mysore)

R. CHAKRAVARTI,

(Retired Archaeological Assistant,

Dept. of Archaeology, Mysore.)