History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1832
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1832
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v6.c81.1832
It is surprising that hardly any medieval digest refers either to the Mahāmakham festival or the Kumbhamelā The great emperor Harṣa used to hold once every five years a great melā at Prayāga on the great sandy plain to the west of the sangam on the site where the Kumbhamelā is held in modern times and distributed the accumulations in his treasury.