History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c16.s1.t5.32

c16.s1.t5.32

Sometime during the course of his long reign Bhoja directed his imperialistic gaze towards the north-west also, and is definitely known to have annexed some territories on the eastern side of the river Satlej according to an inscription of the year 882 A. D., discovered at Prithūdaka or Pehoa in the Karnal district of the Panjab, which records the transaction of business at the local horse-fair by certain horse-dealers “in the auspicious and victorious reign of Bhojadeva.”² We have even indications that Bhoja’s arms penetrated farther into the Panjab, for a verse in the *Rājatarangiṇī*³ contains the following statement: