History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c11.s1.9

c11.s1.9

But such a conclusion would indeed be entirely wide the mark as Yuan Chwang himself credits Harṣa with extensive conquests and protracted military campaigns. The *Life* also describes him as a powerful monarch attended by numerous feudatories during the assemblies at Kanauj and Prayāga. Hence, however difficult it might be to determine the exact limits of the kingdom during his time, it is clear that by his military skill Harṣa enlarged them, thus winning for himself a high reputation for valour, to which the pilgrim bears eloquent testimony. Is it then to be assumed that the territories in Northern India, about the governments of which Yuan Chwang maintains silence, were included within Kanauj? Probably he thought that Harṣa’s dominions were too well-known to need any explicit mention, and relying on this assumption we may well suppose that the following parts were under his authority :—