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Harshavardhana was an able ruler and administrator. His administration was modeled with charity, generosity, and public service. He followed the example of Samudragupta and became a practical man.
His royal decree ran from Kashmir to Assam and from Gujarat to Orissa making him the supreme sovereign of Northern India.
After the decline of the Gupta empire the Northern India was in a stage of disintegration. Several small and independent states sprang up into prominence and remained busy in internecine quarrel.
In this political situation Harshavardhan was responsible for maintaining political stability in the greater part of the Northern India for nearly half a century. Unfortunately Harsha could not leave behind any able successor and therefore his mighty empire collapsed like a house of cards immediately after his death.
Sources:
The detail accounts of the Chinese pilgrim Hieun Tsang throw a good deal of light on the political, social and religious conditions of the time. The narratives open a store house of reliable information. The Harshacharita written by Bana who lived at the court of Harsha is generally recognized as a historical document to throw a flood of light on the political, social and religious condition of India during his time. Harsha himself was a writer of high standard.
His three valuable works named ‘Ratnavali’, ‘Priyadarsika’ and ‘Nagananda’ written in Sanskrit reveal his literary flare. These books also throw sufficient light on the history of Harsha’s period. There are three inscriptions— Madhuban Plate, Sonepat plate and the Bankkhera inscription which are immensely valuable. The Madhuban plates speak much on the family of Harsha and Sonepat plates discloses the names and reign of many kings of the dynasty. The Bankkhera inscription confirms that Harsh was an efficient ruler and artsman. Coins of Harsha give adequate reliable information of his reign. He distributed thousands of such coins in the Prayag Council.
Accession:
Amids political confusions a new power was beginning to rise in the eastern part of the Punjab on the bank of river Saraswati with Thaneswar or Thanesar as its centre. Prabhakar Vardhan of the Pushyabhuti dynasty became powerful by the close of 6th century. Bana in his Harsha Charita describes Prabhakar Vardhan as a ‘lion to the Huna doer, the lord of Gandhara etc.
Prabhakar Vardhan had two sons namely Rajya Vardhan and Harsha Vardhan and a daughter Rajyasri. The two young princes were well trained in soldierly profession of horsemanship, archery and swords play and princess Rajyasri was trained in music and other accomplishment.
Rajyasri while young was given in marriage to the Maukhari prince Grahavarman of Kanauj. Soon after the marriage of his daughter Prabhakar Vardhan faced the attack of the Hunas in the North. He immediately sent his eldest son Rajya Vardhan who was then only 18 years in age to face the Hunas. Harsha Vardhan who was only 15 years old followed his brother with a cavalry force. Before Harsha had joined his brother news reached him that the old king was seriously ill. Harsha getting the news returned back to the capital to see his father breathing his last. In profound sorrow he sent swift messengers to the front requesting his elder brother to return immediately.
Rajya Vardhan defeating the Hunas returned back though himself wounded to the capital. He was so much depressed at the death of his father that he asked Harsha to take the throne expressing his desire to renounce the world. On the pressure and request of Harsha, Rajya Vardhan changed his mind and became the king. Hardly he had come to the throne when the tragic news reached him that the king of Kanauj Grahavarman his brother-in-law had been defeated and killed by Devagupta the king of Malwa and that Rajyasri had been captured and thrown into a prison in Kanauj.
Harsh’s sorrows knew no bounds when he received the socking news at Thaneswara. At this critical juncture the ministers and officers of the Kingdom rose to the occasion to save the situation when Harsha expressed the feeling of detachment towards the throne. Bhandi, the Chief Minister summoned meeting of the Council of Minister and proposed that Harsha as he was strongly attached to his family, to the people, the people should have trust in him. All the minister agreed to accept Harsha as the new king and together with others pleaded with the prince to accept the kingship. Thus Harsha ascended the throne of Thaneswar in the year 606 AD at the age of sixteen only.
It was also necessary for the young king to take over the administration of the Kingdom of Kanauj where the throne was laying vacant. In due course of time Harsha made Kanauj the capital of the United Kingdom Thaneswar and Kanauj. He wanted to be known as prince or Rajputra siladitya which has became famous in history. He started the Harsha era in 606 AD.
His royal decree ran from Kashmir to Assam and from Gujarat to Orissa making him the supreme sovereign of Northern India.
After the decline of the Gupta empire the Northern India was in a stage of disintegration. Several small and independent states sprang up into prominence and remained busy in internecine quarrel.
In this political situation Harshavardhan was responsible for maintaining political stability in the greater part of the Northern India for nearly half a century. Unfortunately Harsha could not leave behind any able successor and therefore his mighty empire collapsed like a house of cards immediately after his death.
Sources:
The detail accounts of the Chinese pilgrim Hieun Tsang throw a good deal of light on the political, social and religious conditions of the time. The narratives open a store house of reliable information. The Harshacharita written by Bana who lived at the court of Harsha is generally recognized as a historical document to throw a flood of light on the political, social and religious condition of India during his time. Harsha himself was a writer of high standard.
His three valuable works named ‘Ratnavali’, ‘Priyadarsika’ and ‘Nagananda’ written in Sanskrit reveal his literary flare. These books also throw sufficient light on the history of Harsha’s period. There are three inscriptions— Madhuban Plate, Sonepat plate and the Bankkhera inscription which are immensely valuable. The Madhuban plates speak much on the family of Harsha and Sonepat plates discloses the names and reign of many kings of the dynasty. The Bankkhera inscription confirms that Harsh was an efficient ruler and artsman. Coins of Harsha give adequate reliable information of his reign. He distributed thousands of such coins in the Prayag Council.
Accession:
Amids political confusions a new power was beginning to rise in the eastern part of the Punjab on the bank of river Saraswati with Thaneswar or Thanesar as its centre. Prabhakar Vardhan of the Pushyabhuti dynasty became powerful by the close of 6th century. Bana in his Harsha Charita describes Prabhakar Vardhan as a ‘lion to the Huna doer, the lord of Gandhara etc.
Prabhakar Vardhan had two sons namely Rajya Vardhan and Harsha Vardhan and a daughter Rajyasri. The two young princes were well trained in soldierly profession of horsemanship, archery and swords play and princess Rajyasri was trained in music and other accomplishment.
Rajyasri while young was given in marriage to the Maukhari prince Grahavarman of Kanauj. Soon after the marriage of his daughter Prabhakar Vardhan faced the attack of the Hunas in the North. He immediately sent his eldest son Rajya Vardhan who was then only 18 years in age to face the Hunas. Harsha Vardhan who was only 15 years old followed his brother with a cavalry force. Before Harsha had joined his brother news reached him that the old king was seriously ill. Harsha getting the news returned back to the capital to see his father breathing his last. In profound sorrow he sent swift messengers to the front requesting his elder brother to return immediately.
Rajya Vardhan defeating the Hunas returned back though himself wounded to the capital. He was so much depressed at the death of his father that he asked Harsha to take the throne expressing his desire to renounce the world. On the pressure and request of Harsha, Rajya Vardhan changed his mind and became the king. Hardly he had come to the throne when the tragic news reached him that the king of Kanauj Grahavarman his brother-in-law had been defeated and killed by Devagupta the king of Malwa and that Rajyasri had been captured and thrown into a prison in Kanauj.
Harsh’s sorrows knew no bounds when he received the socking news at Thaneswara. At this critical juncture the ministers and officers of the Kingdom rose to the occasion to save the situation when Harsha expressed the feeling of detachment towards the throne. Bhandi, the Chief Minister summoned meeting of the Council of Minister and proposed that Harsha as he was strongly attached to his family, to the people, the people should have trust in him. All the minister agreed to accept Harsha as the new king and together with others pleaded with the prince to accept the kingship. Thus Harsha ascended the throne of Thaneswar in the year 606 AD at the age of sixteen only.
It was also necessary for the young king to take over the administration of the Kingdom of Kanauj where the throne was laying vacant. In due course of time Harsha made Kanauj the capital of the United Kingdom Thaneswar and Kanauj. He wanted to be known as prince or Rajputra siladitya which has became famous in history. He started the Harsha era in 606 AD.
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