History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c16.s1.t6.36

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Unfortunately Rājaśekhara has not, like Bāṇa, left any account of his patron’s career, but here and there in his writings we get faint traces of the position and importance of Kanauj. He describes the imperial city as a very sacred place, whose people were “elegant like new compositions,” and from which the directions were to be measured³. The poet also speaks of the dress of the ladies of Mahodaya as “adorable,”⁴ and their ornamentation, braiding and speech as being studied by females of other countries.⁵ From these brief refetences it is evident that Kanauj had revived the pre-eminence it once enjoyed under Harṣa, and was again considered the centre of politics, fashion and culture.