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Discuss the rule of Harsha in brief.

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King Harshavardhana was also known as Harsha. He was the son of Prabhakar Vardhana, the founder of the Pushyabhuti Dynasty or the Vardhana Dynasty. Harshavardhana, (born c. 590 CE—died c. 647), ruler of a large empire in northern India from 606 to 647 CE. He was a Buddhist convert in a Hindu era. His reign seemed to mark a transition from the ancient to the medieval period, when decentralized regional empires continually struggled for hegemony.

Answer 2

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◆Empire of Harsha – King Harshvardhana’s Empire..

●On acquiring Kannauj, Harsha united the two kingdoms of Thanesar and Kannauj.

●He moved his capital to Kannauj.

●After the fall of the Guptas, North India was divided into many small kingdoms.

●Harsha was able to unite many of them under his command. He had under his control Punjab and central India. After Sasanka’s death, he annexed Bengal, Bihar and Odisha.

●He also defeated the Vallabhi king in Gujarat. (The Vallabhi king and Harsha came to a truce by a marriage between Harsha’s daughter and the Vallabhi king Dhruvabhata.)

●However, Harsha’s plans to conquer lands to the south were hampered when the Chalukya king, Pulakesin II defeated Harsha in 618-619 A.D. This sealed Harsha’s southern territorial limit as the Narmada River.

●There were two types of territories under Harsha. One was directly under him and the other type was those that were feudatories.

1.Direct territories: Central Provinces, Bengal, Kalinga, Rajputana, Gujarat

2.Feudatories: Jalandhar, Kashmir, Kamarupa, Sind, Nepal

●Even the feudatories were under the tight command of Harsha. Harsha’s reign marked the beginning of feudalism in India.

●Hiuen Tsang visited India during Harsha’s reign. He has given a very favourable account of king Harsha and his empire. He praises his generosity and justice.

●Harsha was a great patron of the arts. He himself was an accomplished writer. He is credited with the Sanskrit works Ratnavali, Priyadarshika and Nagananda.

●Banabhatta was his court poet and he composed the Harshacharita which gives an account of Harsha’s life and deeds.

●Harsha generously supported the Nalanda University.

●He had a good tax structure. 1/4th of all the taxes collected were used for charity and for cultural purposes.

●Harsha was a competent military conqueror and an able administrator.

●Harsha was the last king to rule over a vast empire in India before the invasions by the Muslims.

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