Pushyabhuti dynasty

Pushyabhuti dynasty (Vardhana dynasty)
c. 500–c. 647 CE
Coin of Harshavardhana, c. 606–647 CE. Obverse: portrait of Harshavardhana with a crescent over the head. Reverse: Fan-tailed Garuda standing facing.[1]
South-Asia 600–650 CE PRATIHARAS PALLAVAS PANDYAS CHOLAS CHERAS NEZAK HUNS KALINGAS TAANK TOKHARA YABGHUS WESTERN TURKS PATOLAS KARKOTAS TIBETAN EMPIRE TOCHARIANS MAITRAKAS KALACHURIS CHACHAS CHALUKYAS SASANIAN EMPIRE ◁ ▷ class=notpageimage| Map of the Pushyabhutis at their zenith, c. 600-650 CE, forming the Kannauj Empire, and neighbouring polities.[2]
Capital	Sthanvishvara (modern Thanesar) Kanyakubja (modern Kannauj)
Government	Monarchy
History
• Established	c. 500
• Disestablished	c. 647 CE
Area
648 est.[3][4]	1,000,000 km2 (390,000 sq mi)
Preceded by Succeeded by Gupta Empire Alchon Huns Gauda Kingdom Maukhari dynasty Later Gupta dynasty Varman dynasty of Kannauj

The Pushyabhuti dynasty (IAST: Puṣyabhūti), also known as the Vardhana dynasty, was the ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Thanesar in northern India during the 6th and 7th centuries. The dynasty reached its zenith under its last ruler Harsha Vardhana (c. 590 – c. 647 CE), whose empire covered much of north and north-western India, extending till Kamarupa in the east and Narmada River in the south. The dynasty initially ruled from Sthanveshvara (modern-day Thanesar, Haryana), but Harsha eventually made Kanyakubja (modern-day Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh) his capital, from where he ruled until 647 CE.