Harsha

Key concepts

How Harsha connects to the ideas, people and events around it.

1. Sanskrit

   Sanskrit is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late Bronze Age.

2. Alchon Huns

   The Alchon Huns, also known as the Alkhan, Alchono, Alxon, Alkhon, Alakhana, and Walxon, were a nomadic people who established states in Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent during the 4th and 6th centuries CE.

3. Rajyavardhana

   Rajyavardhana, also known as Rajya Vardhan, was the Emperor of Thanesar from 605 to 606, and the eldest son of Prabhakarvardhana and member of the Pushyabhuti dynasty.

4. Prabhakaravardhana

   Prabhakaravardhana was a king of Thanesar in northern India around the time of the decline of the Gupta Empire. According to the historian R. C.

5. Thanesar

   Thanesar is a historic city and Hindu pilgrimage centre in the Kurukshetra district of Haryana, India. It is located approximately 160 km northwest of Delhi. The city Kurukshetra's area merges with Thanesar.

6. Hindustan

   Hindustan or Hindostan, along with its shortened form Hind, is a name for India given by Persians, broadly the Indian subcontinent, that later became commonly used by its inhabitants in Hindustani.

7. Narmada River

   The Narmada River, also known as the Narbada or anglicised as Nerbudda, is the fifth longest river in India and overall the longest west-flowing river in the country. It is also the largest river in the state of Madhya Pradesh.

8. Kannauj

   Kannauj is an ancient city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and a municipal board home to the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district.

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