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Harsha's brother, Rajyavardhana, then the king at Sthanesvara, could not accept this affront to his sister and his family. So he marched against Devagupta and defeated him. However, Shashanka , the King of Gauda in Eastern Bengal , then entered Magadha as a friend of Rajyavardhana, but was in a secret alliance with the Malwa king.
Harsha eventually made Kanyakubja (modern Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh) his capital, [4] and ruled till c. 647 CE. He died without an heir, leading to the end of the Pushyabhuti dynasty. He died without an heir, leading to the end of the Pushyabhuti dynasty.
In the first two ucchvāsas, Bana gives an account of his ancestry and his early life. He was the great emperor. He was the great emperor. The earliest clear reference for chaturanga (the common ancestor of the board games chess , chatrang (Persian chess), xiangqi (Chinese chess), janggi (Korean chess), shogi (Japanese), sittuyin (Burmese chess ...
Merutunga, in his Prabandha-Chintamani, names the king as Simha-danta-bhata (alternatively Simha-bhata). According to one theory, "Siyaka" is the Prakrit corruption of the Sanskrit "Simhaka". Georg Bühler suggested that the full name of the king was Harsha-simha, and both parts of this name were used to refer to him. [2]
Harsha started out as a capable and noble king, then ran into financial trouble because of his spending habits. He was the son of king Kalasha of Kashmir. [5] According to Pandit Prithvi Nath Kaul Bamzai, A History of Kashmir, pp. 143,’ Kalhana mentioned even night soil was taxed under his rule .
After the death of his father when he was 14, Bāṇa led a colourful and wandering life with his half-brothers for a period but later came back to his native village. Here, on a summer day, on receiving a letter from Krishna, a cousin of Emperor Harsha, he met the emperor while he was camping near the town of Manitara. After receiving Bāna ...
Nagananda (Joy of the Serpents) is a Sanskrit play attributed to emperor Harsha (ruled 606 C.E. - 648 C.E.).. Nagananda is among the most acclaimed Sanskrit dramas. Through five acts, it tells the popular story of a prince of divine magicians (vidyādharas) called Jimútaváhana, and his self-sacrifice to save the Nagas.
He was the emperor's former minister. In 648, the Tang dynasty's emperor Tang Taizong sent Wang Xuance to India in response to emperor Harsha having sent an ambassador to China. However once in India he discovered Harsha had died and the new king Aluonashun (supposedly Arunāsva) attacked Wang and his 30 mounted subordinates. [6]