 All the surviving biographies suggest that Dharmakṣema maintained his position there for a while using a combination of flattery and magical tricks.Eventually, the biographies report, this king grew tired of Dharmakṣema, forcing Dharmakṣema to resort to unscrupulous magic and blackmail in an attempt to retain his court position.When his trickery came to light, he fled to Central Asia by way of Kashmir, taking with him the copy of the Nirvāṇa Sūtra and two other texts on moral discipline.