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    General Awareness / General Studies AAS ANTRAT / ATA HET Unit - I ame mc am What will we learn today ? * Post Gupta age (TATA Te) = Pre-Medieval age (4-7 Tet) Post GuPts Age The Sasa & wat az “aris Sarg ot aS va H HAY ker Ostia Haram Q Bee @ Nes ducing (upto Erbe. Ae were two new Fendancies introduced in Sedan Wehr > @ Real. dacentradigeton ® Ferdabam x @ a Te Ans in Path a (600$- Boo) (mouphesi Goof) -RooaD eg oe | Aen Tis Fe \seor Were ea Sh, Bau The {eviod fom Good t> 750AD wa’ dominated by falouwng vuly dyneaies in nosth ard South: Sndia > _Novth India South Trdia 1 Raab — Hunan 1 abet 2 Then bhatt Kanchi 3 \ablebh mn Sons ie 4 Kenoa arg Ya y Maa & fhedwewi > Pandya b00$ & AL 7508 H Ait Fear Areva © amd & AraBa zea at gen waht EF > Bee ART 11 HRT Fe ae ‘ eee ee FART oo A eae Worl Tee — yh erie oan A (6062-6478) y 3 by “"Hasthavaddtena (Gos AD~647A0) @ Xaram taka q- aa + ap Rathavcha Wactatrat > Riegel bebhck TeTTKT 6 Noth Treva Aa “6 a eater (606$- 6478) - Harsdhav dana (\ (Cosa -647 AD) aa Rabhats oul aE abt yeti Probar vatdha > aio ( Bengal) = thank ma Tr yor eka (ts) = ) — ERlewn India Magedh Gat Bodhi sree F415 & 455) Riera ferg aL UR we ae A wer foam fara ae fea ren) fq 7A eraToy DY Vet el HR TY cen was able (0 maintain the empire built up by his father but during the later part of his reign there was a threat from the(Hunas of Central Asia. After occupying Bac India/ Their a the Hunas crossed the Hindukush Mountains and entered st attack durin his reig n was repulsed _by prince Skandagupta. The Guptas however could not protect their empire for long and the @UCceSSIve Waves Of Huna invasion)made the Gupta’s very weak. This was one of the main factors which accelerated the disintegration of the and_a large part of Gentral_Indig> Punjab and Rajasthan also passed_into their hands. The first important ruler of the Hunas in was(ToramanD who conquered an area stretching up to E He is described intexts as a tyrant and an iconoclast. Both Yashodharman Malwa Mihirkula. But this victory over the Hunas could not revive the Gupta Empire. wa and & lly defeated simhagupta BaladityDof the Gupta dynasty wid om & areal & ara A A tal een the Rings Jo make Payments ue ml Tae Ut) Besides the Huna invasion there was also a gradual decline in economic prosperity. It is indicated by the gold coins of later Gupta rulers, which have less_of gold content and_more of (alloy.) We also notice a gradual ns in the post Gupta period. It led the kin; disappearance of c to make payments in form of land rather than cash. It is evident by the discovery of large-scale land grant charters donati g land to brahmai The practice of giving land for religious and seul purposes lieu of influence at the cost of the ruling authority Te Se & oO ia ya rae dei a sees | Sen, esto bath wi aah & ab Sore | aT Te a fr ae on & aren eel arg A arrearage een Tet eros wafer wo 4 wae BUI The decline of the Gupta empire resulted in the emergence of numerous 1g dynasties in different parts of northern India. The prominent among the Cushyabhutis of Thanesar, Maukharies of Kanauj and the 5)of Valabhi. The political scene in the Peninsular India was no different. The Chalukyad an n and northem Tamil Nadu respectively. the Pallavad emerged as strong regional powers in Dece Goan 3 eee ya a AA ee ew a eA Sara ah Aa at ate etalon wor a1 cen etal BH ain SWOT Tae GS a aera Feo eA wen eto 8 Gala ta 9 ea ae wT een ar 3 fear fran an quer A aang we IR eS GT fae wae AGeD) Aart dourt & wy 4 _Aehta fea we 7 he & ores or aera oe as var | oa are & fear fea eo RO TE Nae TTT Mee a, Fore cree et aI eg em | Aa aa or wer weal gare) aw Yarw SS saad wT oa aw A oa spree > Sra) wife wr aftr el wR fea) ne fo were tributary chiefs of the Guptas, who established an independent Kingdom in western India CBiruvaena Twas the most important ruler of the Maitiakas. He was a contemporary of Harshavardhana and was married to his daughter. Hsuan Tsangtells us that Dhruvasena IL attended Harsha’s assembly at Prayaga (Allahabad). Ruling over Saurashtra in Gujarat, the Maitrakas developed{(Valabhi)as_their capital. This city became an important center of learning. Being on the Arabian Sea, it was also. a port_town having flourishing trade_and commerce. Maitrakas continued to rule until the middle of the eighth century when Arab attacks ‘weakened thele power: AG ee ict Ged ay) or ur wah gene wae F Aye fore A eer at AM Ueaga @ WW sa ARG A We wT Se wa we SHE! Hat aur a aT rela eT A cen ia’ wea aT we wea a wala oh ae Prana RaAD SEO OT aT eT TTT a saad qa Sage a a aw ela we arom Peat wen sel gee we A Sao w1 GUYS ao A Raa at a ga evfaeia 9 are (gees) 8 wate A erate a ~ Gti over Kanada city in western Uttar Pradesh, which The! gradually replaced Pataliputra_as a political _center_of north India. Maukharies were also the subordinate rulers of the Guptas and used the title of samanta, Harshavardhana’s sister Rajyashri was married to Grihavarman, Ghashanka the ruler of Bengal (Gaur), and Devgupta, the Later Gupta ruler jointly attacked Grihavarman and killed him. The kingdom of Kanauj was then merged with that of the Pushyabhutis and Harsha shifted his capital from Thanesar (Kurukshetra) to Kanauj. 1 grare wyW ere de(GanyD wer rr ear ye era arg orrer (qeaa 4 arte) of) wararada & Riersanteot S gearg we de reat sar Bran em | rare 3 gH wy Tater wea A AVIA wre A a iota cer eftarn da 4 one Rea at [sett 3 wea Serer aS Ya reer we dar, fOrg Fare cen dere} TAC ae are Sere Fa ear a 1g | 606 & arr Kaa wo Bo | Sa wa ae Tg LG ad Bon | veh Sea ead BT Vw HEM AMT TM quel ware fre fan tala (606-647) & ches cen wret @ ede @ Fore SISAL ATG EAR TG YoUAM ie 8) 8 & wad aad of aniee ara afta fa an a dhe debra, PL aA 3 wit AA forne e6 644 a RA aa Ataaippn ant THGNL PUSHYABHUTIS OF THANESAR ‘An important puling family to gain prominence after the fall ofthe Gupta was that ofthe Pushyabhutis/who had their capital sP (Thanesvara_in Kurukshetra). The dynasty became influential with the accession of Prabhakarvardhana, who was able 10 defeat the Hunas and strengthen his position inthe regions of Punjab and Haryana. After his death, his elder son Rajyavardhana came to the throne but he was treacherousy killed by Shashanka, the king of Bengal and Bihar Harshavardhana then ascended the throne in [AD 606, He was only sixteen hat time. Sull he proved himself to be a eat warrior and an able_administator. We have two valuable sources that throw impatant_Heh on the Hie_and times of Hashavantana (606-647). These ae Hs Nici, the travel account of the during AD 629-644 seh saree & we we # frat ax sage Prat SA STATON BY aN AEA TTT wart a arta 4 x ag | waa Goer H rarerfter_ fe | wee zi fen) afte 4 af darn TR Grgar wep yawhr fede Foe a OR Ae sab STATA A a TIS A we aires eect By} STE a7 647 8 ae 4 corfifte afar a ae Be on GH OTM TTA aH eT, a Gee ae ACTOR ere Sh afteral & wy AS After his accession Harshavardhana united his kingdom with that of his widowed sister Rajayashri and shifted his capital to Kanauj and is described as the lord of the north@sakalauttara pathanatha). He brought Punjab, Uttara Pradesh, Bengal, Bihar and Orissa under his control.CHarsha wanted to extend his power in the Deccan. But he was defeated by Pulakesin II, the Chalukya ruler, on the banks of river Narmada. The river thus bec southern boundary of his kingdom. The death of Harsha in AD 647 was followed by a pr ed up to the eighth century when the Gurjara Pratiharas, the Rajput rulers, emerged as a big force in northern India. me the a political confusion that contini awa een ‘eférer area pa

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