History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c16.s1.t5.35

c16.s1.t5.35

“Hṛitaṃ Bhojādhirājena sa sāmrājyaṃ adāpayat, Pratīhāratayā bhrityibhūte Thakkiyakānvaye,” i.e., “He (*Śaṃkaravarman*) caused to be restored the dominion which had been taken away by the Adhirāja Bhoja, when the Thakkiya family was reduced to the condition of servants by being put to the duty of door-keepers.”⁴ The passage is a little obscure, but one thing is surely clear that at this period the name Bhoja with the title of “Adhirāja” can have reference only to the supreme lord of Kanauj, and that it testifies to the seizure of certain territories from the Thakkiyakas, who must have been settled somewhere in the eastern part of the Panjab.