History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c11.18

c11.18

Nor is the evidence of Bāṇa more helpful on this point. We have noted that his account abruptly comes to a stop, and he does not even inform us how Harṣa proceeded against the Gauḍa king, who was the immediate object of his wrath. True, Bāṇa alludes to riders "intently occupied in rehearsing the approaching Gauḍa war."[¹] And the learned translators of the *Harṣacarita* detect an indirect reference to the campaign in the concluding paragraph, in which "the sunset is described in terms suggesting bloody wars and the fall of Harṣa's enemy, followed by the rising of the moon of Harṣa's glory."[²] But there are evidences—to be discussed below—which preclude our drawing any such inference. Śaśāṅka evaded Harṣa's grasp, and continued to flourish till a considerably late date.