[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.s6.1 # History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c8.s6.1 History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c8.s6.1 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c8.s6.1) Darkness then descends upon the fortunes of Kanauj, and the city sinks into oblivion for a long period except for the glimpse that we catch of it about the time of the Mahābhārata war. In his peace overtures Yudhiṣṭhira is represented to have said to Duryodhana: “We are desirous of peace; give us even a single province of the empire. Give us even Kuśasthala, Vrikasthala, Mākandī, Vāraṇāvata, and for the fifth any other that thou likest. Even this will end the quarrel.”⁵ Kuśasthala evidently stands for Kanauj, and we may, therefore, assume from Yudhiṣṭhira’s readiness to compromise his claims for these five towns that they were of some importance at that time. - [Previous: c8.s5.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c8.s5.64) - [Next: c8.s6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c8.s6.2) - [Up: c8.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c8.s6) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c8.s6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c8.s6.1) · Pramāṇa