History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c10.s3.40

c10.s3.40

(b) Secondly, the passage may refer to Harṣa's previous vow not to accept the crown when Rājya, overwhelmed by grief, wanted to abdicate in his favour and retire to the forest. Harṣa had also resolved to follow in his brother's train, if he persisted in renouncing the throne, thinking within himself: "And the sin involved in transgressing my elder's commands austerity in fine shall dispel in a hermitage."³ But his subsequent accession to the throne without any hesitation meant no swerving from his original vow of renunciation, taken under certain conditions, as after his brother's death Harṣa was the only *Seṣa* left to come to the succour of both the Thanesvar and Kanauj kingdoms.