[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931) › v1.c13.167 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c13.167 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c13.167 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c13.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c13.167) Unhappily the latter part of Kalaśa's reign was clouded by mutual suspicion between him and his son Harṣa. According to Kalhaṇa the latter was even in his early youth ‘an embodi-ment of all sciences.’³ A brave and powerful soldier, he soon acquired the reputation of “knowing all languages, a poet in all tongues, and as a depository of all learning.” An accomplished musician, he amused his father “in public with songs as if he were a singer.” Attracted by his personality and liberality, distinguished men from various countries came to his father's court. As his miserly father left them unnoticed, he ‘asigned salaries’ to these men. These expenses and his natural love for magnificence put him into financial difficulties. For a time he tided over these by supplementing his meagre allowance by presents from his father; but at last he was persuaded by the repeated efforts of Dhammaṭa to join a conspiracy to dethrone his father. The plot was however betrayed to Kalaśa, who, after vainly trying to obtain a repudiation of the conspiracy from his son, at last ordered his arrest (\*c.\* 1088).⁴ - [Previous: v1.c13.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c13.166) - [Next: v1.c13.168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c13.168) - [Up: v1.c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c13.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c13.167) · Pramāṇa