History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v1.c18.s3.14

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The Varmā kings of Kanauj thus were supreme from the beginning of the sixth century i. e. 500 A. D. down to 800 A. D. Under Harsha there was an interruption so to speak. But Harsha too ruled in the name of Rājyaśrī and therefore of her husband Grahavarman. If we divide the line of Maukharis into two parts we may do so by taking the earlier Maukharis from 500 to 606 and the later Varmās from 647 A. D. to 816 a period of about 175 years which as history shows is the usual period for a dynasty of kings ranging generally from 150 to 200, sometimes rising to 300 and rarely to 400. But the great event of these Varmā kings' rule was the final extinction of Buddhism or the religion of non-slaughter of animals. The Kanaujia Brahmins to this day are flesh-eaters and not flesh-abstainers like most of the other Brahmins of India.