Historical Geography of Ancient India c8.200.3

c8.200.3

The Sirur and Nilgund Inscriptions of Amoghavarṣa I (866 A.D.) refer to the peoples of Gauḍa. The Kāmarūpa copperplate of Vaidyadeva refers to the lord of Gauḍa (E.I., II, p. 348). The Mādhāinagar copperplate of Lakṣmaṇasena describes Lakṣmaṇasena as having suddenly seized the kingdom of Gauḍa. This grant also informs us that Lakṣmaṇasena in his youth took pleasures with the females of Kaliṅga. In the Nagpur Stone Inscription of the Mālava rulers (1104-05 A.D.) the Paramāra king Lakṣmadeva is said to have defeated the lord of Gauḍa (of. E.I., II, p. 193). The haughty foes are described in the Harāhā Inscription of A.D. 554 (E.I., XIV, pp. 110ff.) as living on the seashore (samudrāśraya). Some consider the haughty foes to be the Gauḍas who indulged themselves in frequent conquests in the 6th century A.D. The Sanjan grant of Amoghavarṣa states that Dhruva took away the royal parasols of the king of Gauḍa, as he was fleeing between the Ganges and the Jumna (E.I., XVIII, p. 244). Harṣa, the successor of Rājyavardhana, concluded an alliance with Bhāskaravarman, king of Kāmarūpa, whose father Susthitavarman Mṛgāṅka fought against Mahāsenagupta. According to the Nidhanpur plates of Bhāskara this alliance was not beneficial to the Gauḍas. When these plates were issued, Bhāskaravarman was in possession of Karṇasuvarṇa, which was the capital of the Gauḍa king Śaśāṅka.