[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) › c8.s3.17 # History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c8.s3.17 History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c8.s3.17 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c8.s3.17) Lastly we learn from Yuan Chwang that Kusumapura (\*Keu-su-mo-pu-lo\*) or "the city of flowers" was the original name, and it came to be invested with the name of Kanyākubja ("city of hunchbacked maidens") - [Previous: c8.s3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c8.s3.16) - [Next: c8.s3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c8.s3.18) - [Up: c8.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c8.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c8.s3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c8.s3.17) · Pramāṇa