1.4.3 Post-Gupta India and Harsha notes

1. 1.4.3.1Post-Gupta kingdoms: Maitrakas, Maukharis, Later Guptas and Gauda

   After the Guptas weakened, north India broke into regional kingdoms: Maitrakas in Gujarat, Maukharis at Kanauj, Later Guptas in Magadha, Pushyabhutis at Thanesar and Shashanka's Gauda in Bengal.

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2. 1.4.3.2Harshavardhana: conquests, administration and the Kanauj and Prayag assemblies

   Harsha (r. 606 to 647 CE) united much of north India from Thanesar and Kanauj, was stopped on the Narmada by Pulakesin II, and is known for his patronage of religion and his great assemblies.

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3. 1.4.3.3Harsha's religion, literary works and Hiuen Tsang's account

   Harsha began as a Shaiva and became a patron of Mahayana Buddhism, wrote three Sanskrit plays, and gave us, through Hiuen Tsang and Bana, the fullest picture of north India in the seventh century.

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