History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c12.s4.51

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c12.s4.51

XXIII. *Dīrghādhvaga*, i.e., express couriers,² who “continually went and returned.”³ They used to deliver messages pretty quickly, as for instance, we learn from the *Life* that a messenger sent by Kumārarāja of Kāmarūpa (Assam) was able to present a letter to Śilabhadra at Nalanda after two days only.⁴

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