History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c16.s1.t5.8

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In the north Bhoja’s suzerainty was certainly acknowledged upto the foot of the Himālayas. This is evident from the Kahla plates of the Vikrama year 1134 or 1077 A. D., discovered in *pargana* Dhuriapur of the Gorakhpur district,² wherein we are told that Guṇāmbodhideva, a chief of the Kālacuri family, obtained some land from Bhojadeva (Bhojadevāpta-bhūmiḥ), whom Dr. Kielhorn has, I suppose, rightly identified with Bhojadeva I of Kanauj.³ For the grant is dated in the year 1077 A. D., and Soḍhadeva, the donor, formed the ninth generation of Guṇāmbodhideva. This fact at the usual rate of 26 years for a generation⁴ will naturally place Guṇāmbodhideva at about 843 A. D. i.e., the time when Bhoja I flourished. A reminiscence of his struggles is also preserved in the Cātsū inscription of Bālā-ditya, which affirms that Harṣarāja Guhila conquered kings in the north, and presented horses to Bhoja.⁵