History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c10.s3.1

c10.s3.1

After the death of Prabhākaravardhana, the king of Thanesvar, the task of governance fell upon the eldest son, Rājyavardhana, who, after having defeated the Hūṇas of the North-West, had returned to the capital with “limbs emaciated” and “long white bandages, bound about arrow-wounds received in battle.”¹ The young prince, however, was so much overwhelmed with grief at the loss of his father that instead of accepting sovereignty and regal glory, he determined to retire from worldly concerns, and seek solace in the sylvan retreats of a hermitage; and he asked his younger brother, Harṣa, to assume the reins of Government.