Oking, do not linger in doubt as to whether the age that nature of the king or whether it is the king that rules that is the cause of the prevalence of a particular period. The king is the cause of the age.
कालो वा कारणं राज्ञो राजा वा कालकारणम्। इति ते संशयो मा भूद् राजा कालस्य कारणम्॥