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Harshavardhana- Lord Of The North
Harshavardhana was one of the most important Indian emperors of the 7th Century. He was from the Pushyabhuti Dynasty. He was also known as Lord of North. After the fall of the Gupta Empire, an important ruling family gained prominence which was Pushyabhuti Dynasty Of Thaneswar(Kurukshetra). And the two major historical sources from where we get to know about this dynasty was Harshacharita ( a biography of Harsha written by Banabhatta) and Travelogue (by Chinese pilgrim Hsuan Tsang) Prabhakara Vardhana, the first king of the Pushyabhuti dynasty, was instrumental in consolidating the small republics and monarchical states that had sprung up in North India after the downfall of the Gupta dynasty.…