History of India: ancient and medieval / Guptas, Vakatakas and post-Gupta north India
Post-Gupta kingdoms and Harsha
Practise 3 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Later Guptas of Magadha, Maukharis of Kanauj, Pushyabhutis of Thanesar, Maitrakas of Valabhi, Gaudas of Bengal (Shashanka)
- Harsha (606 to 647): Kanauj, Pulakeshin II checks him on the Narmada, Prayag and Kanauj assemblies, Banabhatta's Harshacharita
- Hiuen Tsang on Harsha's India: ordeals by fire, water and poison; duties at ferries and barriers; roads not free of robbers
- Yashodharman of Malwa, Mandasor pillars and the Huna defeat
Where to study
India’s Ancient Past · R. S. Sharma
- ch. 26 to 27
- ch. 26
- ch. 27
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History, Volume I
- Lesson 8 Harsha and Rise of Regional Kingdoms, pp. 128-142 (printed 124-138)
- Lesson 8 Harsha and Rise of Regional Kingdoms, 8.1 Pushyabhutis; Sources (Maukharis, Maitrakas, Sasanka), pp. 128-130 (printed 124-126)
- Lesson 8 Harsha and Rise of Regional Kingdoms, 8.2 Harsha's Empire; Pulikesin II, the Chalukya King; Extent of Harsha's Empire; Buddhist Assembly at Prayag, pp. 129-134 (printed 125-130)
- Lesson 8 Harsha and Rise of Regional Kingdoms, Division of the Empire; Cities and Towns; Buddhist Assembly at Prayag; Caste System (Hiuen Tsang's account), pp. 132-133 (printed 128-129)
- Lesson 8 Harsha and Rise of Regional Kingdoms, Summary (Yasodharman of Malwa and the Hunas), p. 139 (printed 135)
- Lesson 7 The Guptas, 7.7 Decline of the Guptas, pp. 122-123 (printed 118-119)
Our Pasts I, Class VI, ch. 10 New Empires and Kingdoms
- ch. 10 New Empires and Kingdoms, pp. 1-11 (printed 103-113)
- ch. 10 New Empires and Kingdoms, Harshavardhana and the Harshacharita, pp. 4-5 (printed 106-107)
- ch. 10 New Empires and Kingdoms, Harshavardhana and the Harshacharita (Xuan Zang), p. 4 (printed 106)