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| Harsha | |
|---|---|
| Maharajadhiraja | |
 Coin of Harshavardhana, c. 606–647 CE.[1] | |
| Pushyabhuti Emperor | |
| Reign | c. 606 – c. 647 CE |
| Predecessor | Rajyavardhana |
| Successor | Arunāsva |
| Born | 590 CE possibly Sthanvishvara, Pushyabhuti Kingdom (present-day Thanesar, Haryana, India)[2][3] |
| Died | 647 CE (aged 56-57) possibly Kanyakubja, Empire of Harsha (present-day Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, India)[4] |
| Dynasty | Pushyabhuti |
| Father | Prabhakarvardhana |
| Mother | Yasomati |
| Religion | Shaivism Buddhism (according to Xuanzang) |
| Signature |  |
Harshavardhana (IAST Harṣa-vardhana; c. 590–647 CE) was a Pushyabhuti emperor who ruled northern India from 606 to 647 CE. He was the son of Prabhakaravardhana who had defeated the Alchon Hun invaders,[6] and the younger brother of Rajyavardhana, a king of Thanesar, present-day Haryana.
At the height of Harsha's power, his realm covered much of northern and northwestern India, with the Narmada River as its southern boundary. He eventually made Kanyakubja (present-day Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh state) his imperial capital, and reigned till 647 CE.[7] Harsha was defeated by the Emperor Pulakeshin II of the Chalukya dynasty in the Battle of Narmada, when he tried to expand his empire into the southern peninsula of India.[8]
The peace and prosperity that prevailed made his court a centre of cosmopolitanism, attracting scholars, artists and religious visitors from far and wide.[7] The Chinese traveller Xuanzang visited the imperial court of Harsha and wrote a very favourable account of him (as Shiladitya), praising his justice and generosity.[7] His biography Harshacharita ("The Life of Harsha") written by the Sanskrit poet Banabhatta, describes his association with Sthanesvara, besides mentioning a defensive wall, a moat and the palace with a two-storied Dhavalagriha (white mansion).[9]
- ^ Research Coins: Electronic Auction Archived 2 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine cngcoins.com. Retrieved 27 July 2021
- ^ Bradnock, Robert; Bradnock, Roma (1999). India Handbook 2000. McGraw-Hill/Contemporary. p. 454. ISBN 978-0-8442-4841-7.
Thanesar near Kurukshetra , is the birthplace of the ruler Harsha Vardhana ( 590-647)...
- ^ Magill, Frank Northen; Aves, Alison (1998). Dictionary of World Biography: The Middle Ages. Routledge. p. 430. ISBN 978-1-57958-041-4.
Born: c. 590; probably Thanesar, India
- ^ Magill, Frank Northen; Aves, Alison (1998). Dictionary of World Biography: The Middle Ages. Routledge. p. 430. ISBN 978-1-57958-041-4.
- ^ Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978). A Historical atlas of South Asia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 146, map XIV.2 (d). ISBN 0226742210. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ India: History, Religion, Vision and Contribution to the World, by Alexander P. Varghese p.26
- ^ a b c International Dictionary of Historic Places: Asia and Oceania by Trudy Ring, Robert M. Salkin, Sharon La Boda p.507
- ^ Ancient India by Ramesh Chandra Majumdar p.274
- ^ Vasudeva Sharana Agrawala (1969). The deeds of Harsha: being a cultural study of Bāṇa's Harshacharita. Prithivi Prakashan. p. 118.
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