[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937) › c19.s2.7 # History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c19.s2.7 History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c19.s2.7 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c19.s2.7) Not many details of Jayacandra’s career are known, for the copper plates contain little historical information beyond recording the usual gifts to the Brahmans, while Hindu works like the \*Pṛthvīrāja-Rāso\*³ stultify themselves by their bardic character, exaggerations and anachronisms. They tell us that Jayacandra bore the epithet of “Pangu” or “Dal Pangula” from the circumstance that he maintained a stupendous force,⁴ of which Cand- Bardāi observes that in the march “the van had reached their ground ere the rear had moved off.”¹ According to the \*Sūraj-Prakāś\* it consisted of 80,000 men in armour 30,000 horse covered with Pakhar or quilted mail; 300,000 Paiks or infantry; 200,000 bowmen and battle-axes; besides a host of elephants bearing warriors.² We are asked to believe that with the help of these incredibly huge numbers Jayacandra embarked upon a career of conquest and subjugated the earth as far as 700 \*yojanas\*,³ one \*yojana\* being roughly equal to eight English miles. Cand-Bardāi further informs us that Jayacandra attacked the Yādavarāja of Devagiri, but had to withdraw when Prithvīrāja sent his feudatory Cāmuṇḍarāya to the help of the besieged capital. Besides this, Jayacandra is credited with having overcome the king of Ghor before his final engagement with him.⁴ - [Previous: c19.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c19.s2.6) - [Next: c19.s2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c19.s2.8) - [Up: c19.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c19.s2) ## Linked texts (2) - [Pṛthvīrāj Rāso](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.raso.prthviraj_raso) — Cand Bardāī, Hindi - [Suraj Prakash](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sikh.suraj-prakash) — Bhai Santokh Singh 1844, Hindi --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c19.s2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c19.s2.7) · Pramāṇa