After Prabhakar Vardhana's death in 605, his eldest son, Rajya Vardhana, ascended the throne.
Prabhakar Vardhana was the first king of the Vardhana dynasty with his capital at Thaneswar. Prabhakara Vardhana, the ruler of Sthanvisvara, who belonged to the Vardhana family, extended his control over neighbouring states. The northern and western regions of India passed into the hands of a dozen or more feudatory states. After the downfall of the Gupta Empire in the middle of the 6th century, North India was split into several independent kingdoms. Harsha was the second son of Prabhakarvardhana, king of Thanesar. Much of the information about Harsha's youth comes from the account of Bāṇabhaṭṭa. Palace ruins at "Harsh ka tila" mound area spread over 1 km
His biography Harshacharita ("Deeds of Harsha") written by Sanskrit poet Banabhatta, describes his association with Thanesar, besides mentioning the defence wall, a moat and the palace with a two-storied Dhavalagriha (white mansion). The Chinese traveller Xuanzang visited the court of Harsha and wrote a very favourable account of him (as Shiladitya), praising his justice and generosity. The peace and prosperity that prevailed made his court a centre of cosmopolitanism, attracting scholars, artists and religious visitors from far and wide. Harsha was defeated by the Emperor Pulakeshin II of the Chalukya dynasty in the Battle of Narmada, when he tried to expand his empire into the southern peninsula of India. He eventually made Kanauj (in present Uttar Pradesh state) his capital, and ruled till 647 CE. He was the son of Prabhakaravardhana who had defeated the Alchon Hun invaders, and the younger brother of Rajyavardhana, a king of Thanesar, present-day Haryana.Īt the height of Harsha's power, his territory covered much of north and northwestern India, with the Narmada River as its southern boundary. 590–647 CE) was a Pushyabhuti emperor who ruled northern India from 606 to 647 CE.
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