NEW EMPIRES AND KINGDOMS

NEW EMPIRES AND KINGDOMS

Multiple Select

Samudragupta was interested in __________and__________

• Art

• Sports

• Music (instruments like veena and thabla

• Music ( instruments like guitar and piano)

Multiple Choice

Chandragupta I ( ONE ) adopted the title________________

• Golden Horus

• Maharaj-adhiraja

• Bunyoro-Kitara

Harshavardhan

While we can learn about the Gupta rulers from their inscriptions and coins, we can find out about some kings from biographies. Harshavardhana, who ruled nearly 1400 years ago, was one such ruler.

His court poet, Banabhatta, wrote his biography, the Harshacharita, in Sanskrit. This gives us the genealogy of Harsha, and ends with his becoming king.

Xuan Zang, Chinese  Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, also spent a lot of time at Harsha’s court and left a detailed account of what he saw.

Harshavardhan

Harsha was not the eldest son of his father, but became king of Thanesar after both his father and elder brother died.

His brother-in-law was the ruler of Kanauj and he was killed by the ruler of Bengal. Harsha took over the kingdom of Kanauj, and then led an army against the ruler of Bengal.

Although he was successful in the east, and conquered Magadha and probably Bengal also, he was not as successful elsewhere. He tried to cross the Narmada to march into the Deccan, but was stopped by a ruler belonging to the Chalukya dynasty, Pulakeshin II

Multiple Choice

Who stopped Harshavardhana to enter Deccan?

• Peshwa Bajirao

• Tanhaji Malusare

• Udayban Rathod

• Pulakeshin II

Multiple Choice

Harshavardhana's brother-in-law was the ruler of which place and was killed by?

• Kanauj, Ruler of Bengal

• Kalinga, Ruler of Magadha

• Haldwani, Humayun

• Jaisalmer, Raja Man Singh II

Multiple Choice

Who wrote Harshavardhana's biography?

• Banabhatta

• Harshacharita

• Xuan Zang

• Marco Polo

Multiple Choice

Harshavardhana ruled about these years back-

• 1400

• 2300

• 1650

• 900