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Harshavardhana Dynasty also called the Pushyabhuti dynasty

Harshavardhana Dynasty also called the Pushyabhuti dynasty Harshavardhana (590-647 AD) Was The Great Ruler Of This Dynasty. He Transferred His Radhani From Thaneshwar To Kannauj. Harshavardhana Dynasty also called the Pushyabhuti dynasty Pushyabhuti Dynasty Was Established In Thaneshwar. The First Important Ruler Of This Dynasty Was Prabhakarvardhana. Banabhatta Was Harsha’s Court Poet. He…

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Pushyabhuti Dynasty

The Pushyabhuti Dynasty (c. 500 CE - 647 CE) rose after the downfall of the Gupta Empire (3rd century CE - 6th century CE) in the 6th century CE in northern India. Also known as the Vardhana or Pushpabhuti Dynasty, the core area of their kingdom was situated in what is now the state of Haryana in India with the capital at Sthanishvara or Thaneshvara (present-day Thanesar), and later at Kanyakubja (modern-day Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh state). The most notable ruler of this dynasty was its last ruler, Emperor Harshavardhana or Harsha (r. 606-647 CE). The Pushyabhutis established a powerful kingdom vying with other regional powers for political supremacy in India and, under Harsha, achieved imperial status. However, it was short-lived, and Kannauj came to be known ultimately as the base kingdom for future empires.

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Kalidasa: the Great Poet and Dramatist of ancient India – History Notes

How do I get rid of kalidas effect? No body has such deep access as the UNIVERSE

Why was Harshwardhan the last great King of India why he embraced Buddhism in the end. Was he fed up of caste system which started getting entrenched after Manusmriti era or he did like Buddhism due to intellectual prowess he had and other sects were lacking that.

Why after Harshwardhan india could never get a big king and dark age started in North of India,It became Bemaru and again North of India is on the same path today.

Why he could not conquer south India?

Why Harshwardhan soul never came back to India as a Hindu king. Was that a tantric effect ? india had gone into dark age because of such practices?

Why Europe was in Dark age and with Charlemagne Europe was suddenly lightened up

Why Charlemagne was also dyslexic and like Akbar he also used to hear stories in the night.

Akbar effect was the pinnacle question which Universe has to answer,it has to be logical,it has to be spritual,a rational platform is being readied by the Universe .

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Harsha

L'empereur Harshavardhana, plus connu sous le nom de Harsha, vécut de 590 à 647 et fut le dernier souverain de l'empire Vardhana, le dernier grand empire de l'Inde ancienne avant l'invasion islamique. Il régna de 606 à 647. Après la mort d'Harshavardhana, cependant, la dynastie Vardhana ou Pushyabhuti prit fin et son empire se dissout.

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How to study ancient and medieval history for UPSC prelims

Strategy for Ancient and Medieval History for UPSC

First, let's go through the syllabus of both the prelims and the mains. Then divide the subjects for prelims and mains exam. Next, according to your schedule, you should finish the prelims topic first and then the mains subject or vice versa.

1) History NCERTs for UPSC Exam: NCERT books from class 6th to 12th are very useful for the Civil Services Examination. First of all, all NCERT history books should be read like a novel to get an original idea of the history and timeline. Important parts of books should be marked with a pencil, but do not make notes when reading NCERT for the first time. 

After the closure of the first reading, one should go for previous years' question papers of CSE. In this way, you will understand the demand of UPSC as if questions related to deadlines are not asked in this exam, like when an event happened.

2) India's Ancient Past by R.S. Sharma: This book claims to deal with the origins of various empires and religious cultures in the growing times of India. It also marks the beginning of various geographical, linguistic, and ecological phenomena. 

This volume similarly addresses various issues that exist today in return for ancient India, such as identifying Aryan culture and historical constructions. This book provides a complete and accessible account of the history of early India. It begins by discussing the origins and development of civilizations, empires, and religions. 

It deals with geographical, ecological, and linguistic backgrounds. It looks at specific cultures and customs of the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, and Vedic periods and the Harappan civilization in the Indian subcontinent.  

In addition, Jain and Buddhism, the beginning of Magadha and regional states, and the period of the Mauryas, Central Asian countries, the Satavahanas, the Guptas, and Harshavardhana are also analyzed. Subsequently, it emphasizes the Varna system, urbanization, commerce and trade, development of science and philosophy, and cultural heritage.

3) Medieval history of India by Satish Chandra: This one is the best book for medieval Indian history for UPSC. Most of the topics of medieval history questions in UPSC prelims and mains are related to this textbook.  Satish Chandra's history of medieval India is a comprehensive overview of the history of the Indian subcontinent during the thousand years between the eighth and eighteenth centuries. 

The history of medieval India studies interesting periods in Indian history when the land underwent a drastic change. There was a widespread impact of external invasions on armies, religious movements, and the changing cultural, economic, and political landscape. When you are searching for medieval Indian history for UPSC, this book can solve many of your curiosity.

4) Indian art and culture by Nitin Singhania: You can read NCERTs of ancient India by R.S. Sharma and Sathish Chandra of medieval India. Each chapter will introduce art and culture as separate subjects such as architecture, painting, sculptures, metallurgy, art (Gandhara, etc.), culture, customs of many states, tribes, etc. 

Seriously to a point, only when you read clearly about the respective state or era can you easily tell about their art and culture. Keep your history resources to a minimum and read them to the maximum. If you still want a better resource. 

In this book, a detailed knowledge base of Indian art, paintings, music, and architecture is presented with the help of many paintings and shapes that will please the readers' minds. There are questions at the end of each chapter that will help the students to prepare for the examinations. 

This book is a very useful resource for ancient and medieval history for UPSC. Most of the medieval history questions in UPSC prelims related to Indian art and culture come from this book.

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The Gupta Dynasty

The Gupta period has been referred to as the Golden Age of Indian history. When Chandragupt I received the gift of Pataliputra in dowry when he married the daughter of the chief of the ‘Licchavis’, he started to lay down the foundation of his empire, which extended from the river Ganges or the Ganga to the city of Allahabad. He ruled for 15 years and was also referred to as the ‘king of kings’ for his strategic conquests and the flourishing state of India. 

Harshavardhana

The last of the ancient kingdoms in India was by the king Harshavardhana, who ascended the throne at Thanneshwar and Kannauj after his brother died. While successful in a few of his conquests, he eventually got defeated by the Chalukya Kingdom of Deccan India. Harshavardhana was well-known for establishing relations with the Chinese, and also for having high religious tolerance and strong administrative capabilities. 

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Harsha followed a tolerant religious policy

Chinese pilgrims

In 670 another Chinese pilgrim’s it sing visited Nalanda; he mentions only 3000 monks living there. This is reasonable because even if the remaining mounds are excavated the buildings could not be so spacious as to have accommodated 10,000 monks the monastery at Nalanda was supported from, the revenues of 200 villages. Nalanda thus had a huge monastic establishment in the time of Harshavardhana.

Harsha followed a tolerant religious policy. A Saiva in his early years, he gradually became a great patron of Buddhism. He held at Prayag a great assembly, which was attended by all the tributary princes, ministers, nobles, etc. On this occasion an image of the Buddha was worshipped, and discourses were given by Hsuan Tsang at the end Harsha made huge charities, and he gave away everything except his personal clothing Hsuan Tsang speaks of Harsha in glowing terms. The king was kind, courteous and helpful to him, and the pilgrim could visit the different parts of the empire.

Harsha was a literary figure He wrote three plays, and he rewarded and patronized literary men. Banabhatta gives us a flattering account of the early years of his patron m his book Harshacharita in an ornate style which became a model for writers.

Formation of New States

Formation of New States and Rural Expansion in the Peninsula

The period circa A.D 300750 marks the second historical phase m the regions south of the Vindhyas. It continued some of the processes which had started in the first historical phase (circa 200 B.C—A.D. 300)

It also introduced certain new phenomena which are not found on any scale in earlier times. In the first phase we notice the ascendancy of the Satavahanas over the Deccan and that of the Tamil kingdoms in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu. In that period the northern portion of Tamil Nadu, southern Karnataka, a portion of southern Maharashtra, and the land between the Godavari and the Mahanadi broadly owed allegiance to seats of political authority established outside their; areas. They themselves did not have their own states.

Now in these areas and also in Vidarbha between A.D. 300 and A.D, 600 there arose about two dozen states which are known to us from their land charters. Eventually by the beginning of the seventh century the Pallavas of Kanchi, the Chalukyas of Badami and the Pandyas of Madurai emerged to be the three major slates.

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Harsha followed a tolerant religious policy

Chinese pilgrims

In 670 another Chinese pilgrim’s it sing visited Nalanda; he mentions only 3000 monks living there. This is reasonable because even if the remaining mounds are excavated the buildings could not be so spacious as to have accommodated 10,000 monks the monastery at Nalanda was supported from, the revenues of 200 villages. Nalanda thus had a huge monastic establishment in the time of Harshavardhana.

Harsha followed a tolerant religious policy. A Saiva in his early years, he gradually became a great patron of Buddhism. He held at Prayag a great assembly, which was attended by all the tributary princes, ministers, nobles, etc. On this occasion an image of the Buddha was worshipped, and discourses were given by Hsuan Tsang at the end Harsha made huge charities, and he gave away everything except his personal clothing Hsuan Tsang speaks of Harsha in glowing terms. The king was kind, courteous and helpful to him, and the pilgrim could visit the different parts of the empire.

Harsha was a literary figure He wrote three plays, and he rewarded and patronized literary men. Banabhatta gives us a flattering account of the early years of his patron m his book Harshacharita in an ornate style which became a model for writers.

Formation of New States

Formation of New States and Rural Expansion in the Peninsula

The period circa A.D 300750 marks the second historical phase m the regions south of the Vindhyas. It continued some of the processes which had started in the first historical phase (circa 200 B.C—A.D. 300)

It also introduced certain new phenomena which are not found on any scale in earlier times. In the first phase we notice the ascendancy of the Satavahanas over the Deccan and that of the Tamil kingdoms in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu. In that period the northern portion of Tamil Nadu, southern Karnataka, a portion of southern Maharashtra, and the land between the Godavari and the Mahanadi broadly owed allegiance to seats of political authority established outside their; areas. They themselves did not have their own states.

Now in these areas and also in Vidarbha between A.D. 300 and A.D, 600 there arose about two dozen states which are known to us from their land charters. Eventually by the beginning of the seventh century the Pallavas of Kanchi, the Chalukyas of Badami and the Pandyas of Madurai emerged to be the three major slates.

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Harsha followed a tolerant religious policy

Chinese pilgrims

In 670 another Chinese pilgrim’s it sing visited Nalanda; he mentions only 3000 monks living there. This is reasonable because even if the remaining mounds are excavated the buildings could not be so spacious as to have accommodated 10,000 monks the monastery at Nalanda was supported from, the revenues of 200 villages. Nalanda thus had a huge monastic establishment in the time of Harshavardhana.

Harsha followed a tolerant religious policy. A Saiva in his early years, he gradually became a great patron of Buddhism. He held at Prayag a great assembly, which was attended by all the tributary princes, ministers, nobles, etc. On this occasion an image of the Buddha was worshipped, and discourses were given by Hsuan Tsang at the end Harsha made huge charities, and he gave away everything except his personal clothing Hsuan Tsang speaks of Harsha in glowing terms. The king was kind, courteous and helpful to him, and the pilgrim could visit the different parts of the empire.

Harsha was a literary figure He wrote three plays, and he rewarded and patronized literary men. Banabhatta gives us a flattering account of the early years of his patron m his book Harshacharita in an ornate style which became a model for writers.

Formation of New States

Formation of New States and Rural Expansion in the Peninsula

The period circa A.D 300750 marks the second historical phase m the regions south of the Vindhyas. It continued some of the processes which had started in the first historical phase (circa 200 B.C—A.D. 300)

It also introduced certain new phenomena which are not found on any scale in earlier times. In the first phase we notice the ascendancy of the Satavahanas over the Deccan and that of the Tamil kingdoms in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu. In that period the northern portion of Tamil Nadu, southern Karnataka, a portion of southern Maharashtra, and the land between the Godavari and the Mahanadi broadly owed allegiance to seats of political authority established outside their; areas. They themselves did not have their own states.

Now in these areas and also in Vidarbha between A.D. 300 and A.D, 600 there arose about two dozen states which are known to us from their land charters. Eventually by the beginning of the seventh century the Pallavas of Kanchi, the Chalukyas of Badami and the Pandyas of Madurai emerged to be the three major slates.

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Harsha followed a tolerant religious policy

Chinese pilgrims

In 670 another Chinese pilgrim’s it sing visited Nalanda; he mentions only 3000 monks living there. This is reasonable because even if the remaining mounds are excavated the buildings could not be so spacious as to have accommodated 10,000 monks the monastery at Nalanda was supported from, the revenues of 200 villages. Nalanda thus had a huge monastic establishment in the time of Harshavardhana.

Harsha followed a tolerant religious policy. A Saiva in his early years, he gradually became a great patron of Buddhism. He held at Prayag a great assembly, which was attended by all the tributary princes, ministers, nobles, etc. On this occasion an image of the Buddha was worshipped, and discourses were given by Hsuan Tsang at the end Harsha made huge charities, and he gave away everything except his personal clothing Hsuan Tsang speaks of Harsha in glowing terms. The king was kind, courteous and helpful to him, and the pilgrim could visit the different parts of the empire.

Harsha was a literary figure He wrote three plays, and he rewarded and patronized literary men. Banabhatta gives us a flattering account of the early years of his patron m his book Harshacharita in an ornate style which became a model for writers.

Formation of New States

Formation of New States and Rural Expansion in the Peninsula

The period circa A.D 300750 marks the second historical phase m the regions south of the Vindhyas. It continued some of the processes which had started in the first historical phase (circa 200 B.C—A.D. 300)

It also introduced certain new phenomena which are not found on any scale in earlier times. In the first phase we notice the ascendancy of the Satavahanas over the Deccan and that of the Tamil kingdoms in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu. In that period the northern portion of Tamil Nadu, southern Karnataka, a portion of southern Maharashtra, and the land between the Godavari and the Mahanadi broadly owed allegiance to seats of political authority established outside their; areas. They themselves did not have their own states.

Now in these areas and also in Vidarbha between A.D. 300 and A.D, 600 there arose about two dozen states which are known to us from their land charters. Eventually by the beginning of the seventh century the Pallavas of Kanchi, the Chalukyas of Badami and the Pandyas of Madurai emerged to be the three major slates.

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Harsha followed a tolerant religious policy

Chinese pilgrims

In 670 another Chinese pilgrim’s it sing visited Nalanda; he mentions only 3000 monks living there. This is reasonable because even if the remaining mounds are excavated the buildings could not be so spacious as to have accommodated 10,000 monks the monastery at Nalanda was supported from, the revenues of 200 villages. Nalanda thus had a huge monastic establishment in the time of Harshavardhana.

Harsha followed a tolerant religious policy. A Saiva in his early years, he gradually became a great patron of Buddhism. He held at Prayag a great assembly, which was attended by all the tributary princes, ministers, nobles, etc. On this occasion an image of the Buddha was worshipped, and discourses were given by Hsuan Tsang at the end Harsha made huge charities, and he gave away everything except his personal clothing Hsuan Tsang speaks of Harsha in glowing terms. The king was kind, courteous and helpful to him, and the pilgrim could visit the different parts of the empire.

Harsha was a literary figure He wrote three plays, and he rewarded and patronized literary men. Banabhatta gives us a flattering account of the early years of his patron m his book Harshacharita in an ornate style which became a model for writers.

Formation of New States

Formation of New States and Rural Expansion in the Peninsula

The period circa A.D 300750 marks the second historical phase m the regions south of the Vindhyas. It continued some of the processes which had started in the first historical phase (circa 200 B.C—A.D. 300)

It also introduced certain new phenomena which are not found on any scale in earlier times. In the first phase we notice the ascendancy of the Satavahanas over the Deccan and that of the Tamil kingdoms in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu. In that period the northern portion of Tamil Nadu, southern Karnataka, a portion of southern Maharashtra, and the land between the Godavari and the Mahanadi broadly owed allegiance to seats of political authority established outside their; areas. They themselves did not have their own states.

Now in these areas and also in Vidarbha between A.D. 300 and A.D, 600 there arose about two dozen states which are known to us from their land charters. Eventually by the beginning of the seventh century the Pallavas of Kanchi, the Chalukyas of Badami and the Pandyas of Madurai emerged to be the three major slates.

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Harsha followed a tolerant religious policy

Chinese pilgrims

In 670 another Chinese pilgrim’s it sing visited Nalanda; he mentions only 3000 monks living there. This is reasonable because even if the remaining mounds are excavated the buildings could not be so spacious as to have accommodated 10,000 monks the monastery at Nalanda was supported from, the revenues of 200 villages. Nalanda thus had a huge monastic establishment in the time of Harshavardhana.

Harsha followed a tolerant religious policy. A Saiva in his early years, he gradually became a great patron of Buddhism. He held at Prayag a great assembly, which was attended by all the tributary princes, ministers, nobles, etc. On this occasion an image of the Buddha was worshipped, and discourses were given by Hsuan Tsang at the end Harsha made huge charities, and he gave away everything except his personal clothing Hsuan Tsang speaks of Harsha in glowing terms. The king was kind, courteous and helpful to him, and the pilgrim could visit the different parts of the empire.

Harsha was a literary figure He wrote three plays, and he rewarded and patronized literary men. Banabhatta gives us a flattering account of the early years of his patron m his book Harshacharita in an ornate style which became a model for writers.

Formation of New States

Formation of New States and Rural Expansion in the Peninsula

The period circa A.D 300750 marks the second historical phase m the regions south of the Vindhyas. It continued some of the processes which had started in the first historical phase (circa 200 B.C—A.D. 300)

It also introduced certain new phenomena which are not found on any scale in earlier times. In the first phase we notice the ascendancy of the Satavahanas over the Deccan and that of the Tamil kingdoms in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu. In that period the northern portion of Tamil Nadu, southern Karnataka, a portion of southern Maharashtra, and the land between the Godavari and the Mahanadi broadly owed allegiance to seats of political authority established outside their; areas. They themselves did not have their own states.

Now in these areas and also in Vidarbha between A.D. 300 and A.D, 600 there arose about two dozen states which are known to us from their land charters. Eventually by the beginning of the seventh century the Pallavas of Kanchi, the Chalukyas of Badami and the Pandyas of Madurai emerged to be the three major slates.

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Harsha followed a tolerant religious policy

Chinese pilgrims

In 670 another Chinese pilgrim’s it sing visited Nalanda; he mentions only 3000 monks living there. This is reasonable because even if the remaining mounds are excavated the buildings could not be so spacious as to have accommodated 10,000 monks the monastery at Nalanda was supported from, the revenues of 200 villages. Nalanda thus had a huge monastic establishment in the time of Harshavardhana.

Harsha followed a tolerant religious policy. A Saiva in his early years, he gradually became a great patron of Buddhism. He held at Prayag a great assembly, which was attended by all the tributary princes, ministers, nobles, etc. On this occasion an image of the Buddha was worshipped, and discourses were given by Hsuan Tsang at the end Harsha made huge charities, and he gave away everything except his personal clothing Hsuan Tsang speaks of Harsha in glowing terms. The king was kind, courteous and helpful to him, and the pilgrim could visit the different parts of the empire.

Harsha was a literary figure He wrote three plays, and he rewarded and patronized literary men. Banabhatta gives us a flattering account of the early years of his patron m his book Harshacharita in an ornate style which became a model for writers.

Formation of New States

Formation of New States and Rural Expansion in the Peninsula

The period circa A.D 300750 marks the second historical phase m the regions south of the Vindhyas. It continued some of the processes which had started in the first historical phase (circa 200 B.C—A.D. 300)

It also introduced certain new phenomena which are not found on any scale in earlier times. In the first phase we notice the ascendancy of the Satavahanas over the Deccan and that of the Tamil kingdoms in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu. In that period the northern portion of Tamil Nadu, southern Karnataka, a portion of southern Maharashtra, and the land between the Godavari and the Mahanadi broadly owed allegiance to seats of political authority established outside their; areas. They themselves did not have their own states.

Now in these areas and also in Vidarbha between A.D. 300 and A.D, 600 there arose about two dozen states which are known to us from their land charters. Eventually by the beginning of the seventh century the Pallavas of Kanchi, the Chalukyas of Badami and the Pandyas of Madurai emerged to be the three major slates.

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Chinese pilgrims

In 670 another Chinese pilgrim’s it sing visited Nalanda; he mentions only 3000 monks living there. This is reasonable because even if the remaining mounds are excavated the buildings could not be so spacious as to have accommodated 10,000 monks the monastery at Nalanda was supported from, the revenues of 200 villages. Nalanda thus had a huge monastic establishment in the time of Harshavardhana.

Harsha followed a tolerant religious policy. A Saiva in his early years, he gradually became a great patron of Buddhism. He held at Prayag a great assembly, which was attended by all the tributary princes, ministers, nobles, etc. On this occasion an image of the Buddha was worshipped, and discourses were given by Hsuan Tsang at the end Harsha made huge charities, and he gave away everything except his personal clothing Hsuan Tsang speaks of Harsha in glowing terms. The king was kind, courteous and helpful to him, and the pilgrim could visit the different parts of the empire.

Harsha was a literary figure He wrote three plays, and he rewarded and patronized literary men. Banabhatta gives us a flattering account of the early years of his patron m his book Harshacharita in an ornate style which became a model for writers. 

Formation of New States

Formation of New States and Rural Expansion in the Peninsula

The period circa A.D 300750 marks the second historical phase m the regions south of the Vindhyas. It continued some of the processes which had started in the first historical phase (circa 200 B.C—A.D. 300)

It also introduced certain new phenomena which are not found on any scale in earlier times. In the first phase we notice the ascendancy of the Satavahanas over the Deccan and that of the Tamil kingdoms in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu. In that period the northern portion of Tamil Nadu, southern Karnataka, a portion of southern Maharashtra, and the land between the Godavari and the Mahanadi broadly owed allegiance to seats of political authority established outside their; areas. They themselves did not have their own states.

Now in these areas and also in Vidarbha between A.D. 300 and A.D, 600 there arose about two dozen states which are known to us from their land charters. Eventually by the beginning of the seventh century the Pallavas of Kanchi, the Chalukyas of Badami and the Pandyas of Madurai emerged to be the three major slates.

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Chinese pilgrims

In 670 another Chinese pilgrim’s it sing visited Nalanda; he mentions only 3000 monks living there. This is reasonable because even if the remaining mounds are excavated the buildings could not be so spacious as to have accommodated 10,000 monks the monastery at Nalanda was supported from, the revenues of 200 villages. Nalanda thus had a huge monastic establishment in the time of Harshavardhana.

Harsha followed a tolerant religious policy. A Saiva in his early years, he gradually became a great patron of Buddhism. He held at Prayag a great assembly, which was attended by all the tributary princes, ministers, nobles, etc. On this occasion an image of the Buddha was worshipped, and discourses were given by Hsuan Tsang at the end Harsha made huge charities, and he gave away everything except his personal clothing Hsuan Tsang speaks of Harsha in glowing terms. The king was kind, courteous and helpful to him, and the pilgrim could visit the different parts of the empire.

Harsha was a literary figure He wrote three plays, and he rewarded and patronized literary men. Banabhatta gives us a flattering account of the early years of his patron m his book Harshacharita in an ornate style which became a model for writers. 

Formation of New States

Formation of New States and Rural Expansion in the Peninsula

The period circa A.D 300750 marks the second historical phase m the regions south of the Vindhyas. It continued some of the processes which had started in the first historical phase (circa 200 B.C—A.D. 300)

It also introduced certain new phenomena which are not found on any scale in earlier times. In the first phase we notice the ascendancy of the Satavahanas over the Deccan and that of the Tamil kingdoms in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu. In that period the northern portion of Tamil Nadu, southern Karnataka, a portion of southern Maharashtra, and the land between the Godavari and the Mahanadi broadly owed allegiance to seats of political authority established outside their; areas. They themselves did not have their own states.

Now in these areas and also in Vidarbha between A.D. 300 and A.D, 600 there arose about two dozen states which are known to us from their land charters. Eventually by the beginning of the seventh century the Pallavas of Kanchi, the Chalukyas of Badami and the Pandyas of Madurai emerged to be the three major slates.

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Chinese pilgrims

In 670 another Chinese pilgrim’s it sing visited Nalanda; he mentions only 3000 monks living there. This is reasonable because even if the remaining mounds are excavated the buildings could not be so spacious as to have accommodated 10,000 monks the monastery at Nalanda was supported from, the revenues of 200 villages. Nalanda thus had a huge monastic establishment in the time of Harshavardhana.

Harsha followed a tolerant religious policy. A Saiva in his early years, he gradually became a great patron of Buddhism. He held at Prayag a great assembly, which was attended by all the tributary princes, ministers, nobles, etc. On this occasion an image of the Buddha was worshipped, and discourses were given by Hsuan Tsang at the end Harsha made huge charities, and he gave away everything except his personal clothing Hsuan Tsang speaks of Harsha in glowing terms. The king was kind, courteous and helpful to him, and the pilgrim could visit the different parts of the empire.

Harsha was a literary figure He wrote three plays, and he rewarded and patronized literary men. Banabhatta gives us a flattering account of the early years of his patron m his book Harshacharita in an ornate style which became a model for writers. 

Formation of New States

Formation of New States and Rural Expansion in the Peninsula

The period circa A.D 300750 marks the second historical phase m the regions south of the Vindhyas. It continued some of the processes which had started in the first historical phase (circa 200 B.C—A.D. 300)

It also introduced certain new phenomena which are not found on any scale in earlier times. In the first phase we notice the ascendancy of the Satavahanas over the Deccan and that of the Tamil kingdoms in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu. In that period the northern portion of Tamil Nadu, southern Karnataka, a portion of southern Maharashtra, and the land between the Godavari and the Mahanadi broadly owed allegiance to seats of political authority established outside their; areas. They themselves did not have their own states.

Now in these areas and also in Vidarbha between A.D. 300 and A.D, 600 there arose about two dozen states which are known to us from their land charters. Eventually by the beginning of the seventh century the Pallavas of Kanchi, the Chalukyas of Badami and the Pandyas of Madurai emerged to be the three major slates.