History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c15.s1.t1.9

c15.s1.t1.9

What followed next was only a general scramble to feast on the carcase of the empire. Bhāskaravarman of Kāmarūpa (Assam), after breaking off friendly relations with Kanauj, appears to have annexed Karṇasuvarṇa and the adjacent territories, which were formerly included within his great ally's dominions.¹ This is evident from the Nidhanpur plate issued from his camp there, and the learned editor of the inscription may even be right in asserting that it was in commemoration of his triumphant entry into the capital of Karṇasuvarṇa that the king of Assam made this grant of land to a Brahman of the locality.²