History of India: ancient and medieval / Guptas, Vakatakas and post-Gupta north India
Post-Gupta kingdoms and Harsha
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- Later Guptas of Magadha, Maukharis of Kanauj, Pushyabhutis of Thanesar, Maitrakas of Valabhi, Gaudas of Bengal (Shashanka)
- Harsha (606 to 647): Kanauj, Pulakeshin II checks him on the Narmada, Prayag and Kanauj assemblies, Banabhatta's Harshacharita
- Hiuen Tsang on Harsha's India: ordeals by fire, water and poison; duties at ferries and barriers; roads not free of robbers
- Yashodharman of Malwa, Mandasor pillars and the Huna defeat