History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c9.s1.t11.1

c9.s1.t11.1

Unfortunately we do not stand on firm ground in regard to Sarvavarman’s successor owing to a curious break in the records. Scholars are at variance, but the general opinion appears to be that Susthitavarman wore the Maukhari crown after Sarvavarman.² This is usually assumed on the strength of the following passage in the Aphsad inscription: “The illustrious Mahāsenagupta ...... whose mighty fame, marked with the honour of victory in war, over the illustrious Susthitavarman, (and) (white) as a full-blown jasmine flower or water-lily, or as a pure necklace of pearls pounded into little bits (?) is still constantly sung on the banks of (the river) Lohitya the surfaces of which are (so) cool, by the siddhas in pairs, when they wake up after sleeping in the shade of the betel-plants, that are in full bloom.”¹