History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c8.s3.19

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only after the curses of the “great Tree Riṣi”.¹ Hindu authority in support of this synonym is wanting, but such a name seems to have been fairly current in ancient times. Indeed, the pilgrim notes that Pāṭaliputra—the earlier Imperial city—bore the same name.²