History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c11.228

c11.228

It is usually assumed that Valabhi was a feudatory state of Harṣa. Dr. Vincent Smith discussing his campaigns remarks that after the flight Dhruabhaṭa "was compelled to sue for peace, to accept the hand of the victor's daughter, and to be content with the position of a feudatory vassal."² He further adds: "The same campaign may be presumed to have involved the submission of the kingdoms or countries of Ānandapura, Kicha or Cutch (?), and Soraṭha or Southern Kathiawar, all of which in A. D. 641 were still reckoned to be dependencies of Mo-la-po, or Western Malava, formerly subject to Valabhi."³ The latest follower of Smith is Dr. R. K. Mookerji,⁴ and as this view is rather common among scholars, we proceed to examine how far the facts at our disposal justify it.