[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) › c11.6 # History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c11.6 History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c11.6 - **Language:** English ### [c11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c11.6) The kingdom of Thanesvar, which had a modest beginning,¹ appears to have been augmented to a certain extent, both in territory and influence, under Prabhākaravardhana, as he is the first to be styled Mahārājādhirāja and Paramabhaṭṭāraka in the family inscriptions (e.g., the Madhuban plate). The \*Harṣa-carita\* calls him “a lion to the Hūṇa deer, a burning fever to the king of the Indus land, a troubler of the sleep of Gujarat (? Gurjaras), a bilious plague to that scent-elephant the lord of Gāndhāra, a looter to the lawlessness of the Lāṭas, an axe to the creeper of Malwa's glory.”¹ This passage, although significant with regard to the different powers existing at the time, however, hardly warrants our concluding, as has been done by Mr. C. V. Vaidya,² that these states had been actually conquered and annexed by Prabhākaravardhana. On the other hand, there is evidence that the “Hūṇa deer,” instead of being overawed and cowed, was trying to pounce upon the “lion” himself for towards the close of his reign the kingdom was seriously disturbed by the Hūṇa menace, and Prabhākara had to despatch the crown-prince at the head of a strong force to cope with the danger. Hence making allowance for exaggeration, it apears that in the above passage of the Harṣa-carita we have only a poetical description of Prabhākaravardhana's excellence and greatness as compared with the other contemporary rulers.³ According to Bühler,⁴ Prabhākara's possessions did not go beyond the limits of the kingdom of Thanesvar, described by Yuan Chwang, which, as Sir Alexander Cunningham suggests, probably included portions of southern Punjab and of eastern Rajputana. "A state, the circuit of which amounted to 7,000 \*li\* or 1200 miles, might exercise a considerable influence, keep its neighbours in fear, and afford to a very talented king the means for greater conquests."¹ We may thus conclude that the North-western frontiers of Thanesvar were limited by the Hūṇa territories in the Punjab, and in the north it probably extended upto the hills. In the east it was conterminous with the Maukhari kingdom of Kanauj;² and on the west and south it probably did not go much beyond the Panjab and the Rajputana desert. - [Previous: c11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c11.5) - [Next: c11.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c11.7) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c11) ## Linked texts (1) - [Harṣacarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.harsacarita) — Bāṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c11.6) · Pramāṇa