History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c17.s6.31

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most of which, as testified by Alberuni, was then “in ruins and desolate” owing to the transfer of the capital. Mahmud next dealt with Ganda, who came forward to oppose him with a stupendous force, but just at the psychological moment he also became alarmed at the intrepidity and strength of the Moslem hosts, whereupon under cover of the night he “fled with some of his personal attendants leaving all his baggage and equipments”.¹ Thus the Pratihāra power, which was long tottering to its fall, received the final blow from the ever-victorious arms of Mahmud, and although Trilocanapāla escaped death, history has not condescended to record anything of note about him or his successors, if any.