History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c11.179

c11.179

XLII. *Ka-chu-wen* (?) *Ki-lo* (or Kajangala): identified by Cunningham with the modern Rajmahal. We are told that “the native dynasty had been extinguished some centuries before the time of the pilgrim’s visit, and the country had come under a neighbouring State, so the capital was deserted and the people lived in towns and villages. Hence when king Śīlāditya in his progress to “East India” held his court here, he cut grass to make huts and burned these when leaving.”³ The fact of Harṣa having held his court there proves beyond doubt that it was included within his wide dominions. That the king’s temporary residence was burnt after his departure should not lead us to the belief that Harṣa merely “carried on a military raid in this direction,” as supposed by Dr. R. C. Majumdar,⁴ for Yuan Chwang himself informs us that the sovereign “made visits of inspection throughout his dominions ……… having temporary buildings erected for his residence at each place of sojourn.”