Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c25.14

c25.14

The only relevant argument that Professor Banerji urged against the view that Mahāsena Gupta, the father of Mādhava Gupta, the associate of Harsha, was "*probably*"³ a king of Mālava, is that "*it was impossible for a king of Mālava to reach the banks of the Lauhitya without strenuous opposition from the kings*" who governed the intervening region. But how did Professor Banerji solve the problem? By making Mahāsena Gupta king of Magadha, and assuming that "*Assam* very probably lay on his frontier and Rādhā and Vanga or Mithilā and Varendra were included in his kingdom." Anything in the nature of a proof he failed to give, but we were asked to accept his surmise because "in this case only is it possible for Mahāsena Gupta to have fought with Susthitavarman of Assam."