The most valuable description of India's prosperity and wealth by Yuan Chuang combined with that of Bana and the epigraphic and numismatic evidences give us a detailed account of economic life of the people during the seventh century AD. With the dawn of this epoch-making century a new era of peace and order was inaugurated by Harsha after the political [...]
Pushyabhuti, the founder of the dynasty to which Harsha belonged, was a devotee of Siva. Harsha's father, Prabhakara Vardhana "offered daily to the Sun a bunch of red Lotuses". Harsha's brother Rajya Vardhana and sister Rajyasri were deeply attached to the Hinayana form of Buddhism. And, Harsha himself turned into a strong believer in Mahayana Buddhism. The religious beliefs of [...]
Harsha followed the traditional monarchical system of administration which had existed in India during the earlier imperial periods. His time having been nearer to the Gupta Age, the various features of the imperial Gupta administration influenced Harsha's administration to a very large extent. Yet, there were new innovations in accordance with the needs of the time. Moreover, every great monarch [...]