The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c15.81

v1.c15.81

This capital of the king, which baffled and struck terror into so many princes, was called *Śrī-Durjayā*. It would perhaps be wrong to accept this name as an *alias* for Prāgjyotiṣapura, as Hoernle has done from the fact, that the Pālas refer to themselves in their inscriptions as ‘lords of Prāgjyotiṣa.’³ For the line of Prālambha, who ruled from Hārūppeśvara, also described themselves as *Prāgjyotiṣādhipas*. It therefore appears that the epithet had by this time become a conventional title of all rulers of the Brahmaputra valley as *Trikaliṅgādhipati* became during this period amongst the rulers of Orissa and the Central Provinces. This does not of course preclude the possibility of the identity of all the three cities; but at present there are no facts to warrant this conclusion. It is not unlikely however that these capitals may have been situated in the neighbourhood of the modern town of Gauhati, not far from which stands the sacred temple of Kāmākhyā, undoubtedly an ancient site.