History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c11.163

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c11.163

³ *Hc.* C. T., p. 175. Although, as we have seen above, Bāṇa is quite explicit about Harṣa’s marriage, it is strange that Dr. Beni Prasad observes: “Neither Bāṇabhaṭṭa nor Yuan Chwang nor any of the contemporary inscriptions refers to any wife of Harṣavardhana, or to the fact of his marriage” (*The State in Ancient India*, Chap. XIV, p. 385). Moreover, Yuan Chwang definitely informs us that Dhruvabhaṭṭa, the king of Valabhi, was Harṣa’s

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