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pp. 703-22). Dr. F. W. Thomas, however, ascribes it to king Harṣa of Kashmir (*Ibid.*, p. 704). Some lines in the Madhuban inscription as well probably bear the stamp of our Harṣa's authorship (Bühler, *Ep. Ind.*, Vol. I, p. 71). Besides, Yuan Chwang attributes the *Aṣṭamahāśrīcaitya-saṃskṛta-stotra* to an Indian king called "Sun of virtue," which is equivalent to Śīlāditya, the title given to Harṣa (see also Dr. Keith's *History of Sanskrit Literature* (1928), p. 215). It may not be out of place to add here that he was also a skilled calligraphist, as seems clear from his signature in the Banskhera charter (Cf. "Sva hasto mama Mahārājādhirājasya Śrī-Harṣasya").