History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c10.s3.30

c10.s3.30

Thus, according to Bāṇa, Harṣa immediately after the murder of his elder brother ascended the paternal throne of Thanesvar, and began to devise measures to retrieve the disaster that had overtaken the Vardhanas and the Maukhari house of Kanauj. There is absolutely no trace in the Harṣacarita of his displaying any hesitation in assuming the crown. Here we must pause to consider a passage occurring in the Harṣacarita on the strength of which scholars try to detect some scruples or reluctance on the part of Harṣa.⁴ It runs thus: