[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937) › c11.141 # History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c11.141 History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c11.141 - **Language:** English ### [c11.141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c11.141) (d) A "much stronger argument" is found in the existence of the Bais Rajputs in Nepal according to the testimony of the \*Vaṃśāvalī\*. "Since it is an almost universal rule with Indian princes that on the occasion of conquests they grant a portion of land to their clansmen,"¹ probably we have here a direct proof that Nepal was once in the power of a Bais king, who could be nobody else but Harṣa of Kanauj, as we know on the authority of Yuan Chwang that he belonged to the \*Feishe\* caste, identified by Sir Alexander Cunningham with the Bais Rajputs.² - [Previous: c11.140](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c11.140) - [Next: c11.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c11.142) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c11.141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c11.141) · Pramāṇa