History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.303
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.303
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¹⁶⁴² For Banskhera Plate of the year 22 (of the Harṣa era) i. e. 628-29 A D., vide E. I vol IV pp 210-211 and for the Madhuban plate of Harsa in the year 25 i e. 631-32 A. D., vide E. I vol. I pp 72-73 (Bühler) and E I vol. VII pp 157-158 (Kielhorn). Yuan Chwang does not mention that Rājyavardhana was a great devotee of Buddha but he tries to paint Harṣa as full of faith in Buddha from the beginning and narrates a fictitious story describing how Harṣa was prevented from mounting the throne and induced to take the title Kumāra by a Bodhisattva who miraculously appeared to him in return for his worship This shows that the accounts by the 'Master of the Law' must sometimes be taken with a pinch of salt. Vide Watters on 'Yuan Chwang's Travels in India' (London, 1904) vol I p 343 for this story.