History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c11.s2.2

c11.s2.2

A possible objection to our view may be raised in the title “Sakalottarāpathanātha,” given to Harṣa in the southern inscriptions. This has been interpreted as implying that Harṣa “achieved the proud position of being the paramount sovereign of the whole of Northern India.”¹ But there are grounds for supposing that the epithet does not bear any geographical significance. There is mention of another “Sakalottarāpathanātha” in the inscriptions of Cālukya Vinayāditya,² and the sug-