History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c9.s1.t7.1

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Harivarman was succeeded by his son, Ādityavarman, “begotten of the Bhaṭṭārikā and Devī Jayasvāminī.” He seems to have been a staunch follower of the Brahmanical cult, and the Haraha inscription describes his “sacrificial performances” in very eloquent terms.¹ The anonymous predecessor of Iśvaravarman, who is represented in the Jaunpur inscription as acquiring “religious merit arising from sacrifices”,² may therefore be identified with Ādityavarman. He is also called merely Mahārāja, and is recorded to have married Devī Harṣaguptā. She was probably the sister of the Later Gupta king, Harṣagupta, as it was a common practice in those days for brothers and sisters to bear such identical names, of course with variation of gender in the ending to indicate the sex³.