[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.s5.60 # History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c8.s5.60 History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c8.s5.60 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s5.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c8.s5.60) He seems to have been a virtuous ruler as among others Bhīṣma recommends his name to be recited both at sunset and sunrise.¹ We further learn from the Mahābhārata that he performed the horse-sacrifice.² Aṣṭaka was succeeded by the shadowy Lauhi,³ with whom the ruling dynasty of Kānyakubja abruptly comes to an end.⁴ - [Previous: c8.s5.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c8.s5.59) - [Next: c8.s5.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c8.s5.61) - [Up: c8.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c8.s5) ## Linked texts (2) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Kānyakubja](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.kanauj) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c8.s5.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c8.s5.60) · Pramāṇa