A History of Assam c8.33

c8.33

The grant in question was made while Bhāskara Varman was encamped in Karna Suvarna. This country, which lay to the south of Kāmarupa, was ruled by Sasānka at the beginning of the seventh century. There were hostilities between him and Harsha Vardhana, whose brother and predecessor he had treacherously killed, and though he was still reigning in 619 A.D. he had disappeared before the date of Hiuen Tsiang's visit. Karna Suvarna may then have become subject to Harsha Vardhana, and on the anarchy which ensued on that monarch's death, it may have been annexed by Bhāskara Varman. The fact that these copper-plates were found in Sylhet suggests that that part of the country may also have formed part of Bhāskara Varman's dominions.*