The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c10.s1.t6.8

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Kanauj on the Ganges in the Middle-West became the capital of Upper India first under the Vardhanas and next under the Gurjara-Pratîhâras. In the *Harṣacharita* we have a poetic picture of the city and the district from the pen of Bâṇa. Hiuen Thsang found here hundreds of institutions accommodating 10,000 scholars in Buddhist lore. The city was strongly fortified and extended for about four miles.³