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Harsha Vardhana, a sixteen-year-old prince of the …

Years: 606 - 606

Harsha Vardhana, a sixteen-year-old prince of the former Gupta vassal kingdom of Thaneswar (Sthanvisvara), near Delhi, is enthroned in 606 following the slaying of his elder brother by Shashanka, the king of Gauda.

Harsha, who inherited the throne by agreeing to share power with his sister, the widowed queen of the Maukharis, moves his capital from Thaneswar to the Maukhari capital of Kananuj.

Aiming to avenge his brother’s death and restore the scope of the Gupta empire, Harsha, allies with King Bhaskaravarman of Kamarupa.

Gaining influence from Assam in the east to Gujarat in the west, Harsha will over the next several years rebuild his kingdom on a feudal rather than a centralized basis.

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