HARSHVARDHAN.
HARSHVARDHAN :- Harsha Harsha (c. 590–647 CE), also known as Harshavardhana , was an Indian emperor who ruled North India from 606 to 647 CE. He was a member of the Pushyabhuti dynasty ; and was the son of Prabhakarvardhana who defeated the Alchon Huna invaders, [2] and the younger brother of Rajyavardhana , a king of Thanesar , present-day Haryana. At the height of Harsha's power, his Empire covered much of North and Northwestern India, extended East till Kamarupa , and South until Narmada River ; and eventually made Kannauj (in present Uttar Pradesh state) his capital, and ruled till 647 CE. [3] Harsha was defeated by the south Indian Emperor Pulakeshin II of the Chalukya dynasty , when Harsha tried to expand his Empire into the southern peninsula of India. The peace and prosperity that prevailed made his court a centre of cosmopolitanism, attracti...