Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c23.25

c23.25

The facts that Kalhaṇa speaks of the Śāhis with reference to the period earlier than that of Lalitāditya (c. 730-66 A.D.) and of Udabhāṇḍa as the capital of the Śāhis at least from the time of Lalliya (c. 875-90 A.D.) and that Chinese evidence refers to the city as the residence of the emperor of Kāpiśa about 645 A.D. would suggest that Hiuen-tsang’s king of Kāpiśa was a Śāhi ruler. It is interesting to note that this king has been described by Hiuentsang as a Kṣatriya.⁵