[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.s5.44 # History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c8.s5.44 History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c8.s5.44 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c8.s5.44) The \*Brahma P.\* (ch. 13, verses 90-91) and the \*Harivaṃśa\* (ch. 32, verses 51-52) also make Gādhi the son of Kuśika, whereas world as Gādhi or Gāthi.¹ The legend of the god of thunder incarnating himself as Gādhi perhaps suggests that the latter had Indra, or one of its numerous synonyms, as his name. Or, it may be that he started some special form of Indra-worship, and thus became popularly associated with that god. He appears to have been a powerful prince and a contemporary of Arjuna, the Haihaya ruler, since we are told in the \*Mahābhārata\* that "at the time when Arjuna the king of the Haihayas was harassing the world, there lived on the earth a mighty monarch in the land of Kānyakubja, a sovereign whose military force was exceedingly great. And his name of Gādhi was famous in the world."² Being childless and desirous of a son, Gādhi repaired to the forest, where he was blessed with a daughter named Satyavatī. Ricīka, the son cf Bhrigu Aurva, asked for her hand, but the king did not like to bestow his daughter on the Ṛiṣi with matted locks, and at the same time he hesitated to provoke his wrath by direct refusal. The king, therefore, made an impossible demand of a thousand fleet horses, each horse to be brown in colour, and each to have a sable ear. Ricīka Aurva, however, with the help of the god Varuṇa complied with the king's request,³ and thereupon in the very city of Kānyakubja Satyavatī was married to the Ṛiṣi. Ricīka then consecrated two special mixtures (\*caru\*), one for - [Previous: c8.s5.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c8.s5.43) - [Next: c8.s5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c8.s5.45) - [Up: c8.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c8.s5) ## Linked texts (4) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Harivaṃśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Kānyakubja](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.kanauj) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c8.s5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c8.s5.44) · Pramāṇa