Miedieval History

1. •Born in Thaneswar, Haryana
•Reign AD 606-647
•Pushyabhuti or Vardhana Dynasty
•Buddism
•Son of Prabhakaravardhana
•One Sister Rajyashri and one brother
Rajyavardhana
Harshavardhana(Family)

3. •Harsha Sister was married to King Grahavarman of
Kannauj(UP)
•Graharvarman was killed by sasanka, Gauda
king(West Bengal) and kept Rajyashri prisoner. It
forced Rajyavardhana to attack sasanka. But
Rajyavardhana was killed by sasanka
•At the age of 16 Harshavardhana became king,
and won sasanka
•Harsha captured the region till narmada river
Harshavardhana (Kingdom)

4. •His biography Harshacharita ("Deeds of Harsha")
written by Sanskrit poet Banabhatta
•Chinese Traveller Hieun Tsang mentioned about
him in his book (60,000 elephants and 1,00,000
cavalry)
•Buddist convention and Stupas
•Nalanda University development
Harshavardhana