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NCERT Class 6 History

Chapter 11: New Empires & Kingdoms

Prashasti (Praise Of) - Gupta Empire

• Harishena (poet) – Samudragupta (Arvind) – 1700 yrs ago - inscribed on Ashokan pillar at Allahabad – Sanskrit

• Harishena - maha-danda-nayaka, or chief judicial officer / kumar-amatya, important minister / sandhi-vigrahika, minister of war and peace

• Nagarashreshthi or chief banker or merchant of the city

• Sarthavaha or leader of the merchant caravans

• Prathama-kulika or the chief craftsman

• Head of the kayasthas or scribes

Genealogy – Gupta Empire

Harshavardhana

• 1400 yrs ago

• Banabhatta (poet) – wrote Harshacharita – Sanskrit

• Accounts by Xuan Zang

• Not eldest but became king of Thanesar after father & eldest brother died

• Brother in law (king of Kannauj) killed by Bengal king – acquired Kannauj

• Conquered Magadha & Bengal

• Stopped by Pulakeshin II, Chalukya king in south

South India

• Pallavas: from capital Kanchipuram to Kaveri delta

• Chalukyas: Raichur Doab, between rivers Krishna and Tungabhadra

• Aihole: capital of Chalukyas – trade, religious center – known for temples

South India

• Sabha, assembly of Brahmin land owners

• Ur, village assembly where land owners were not Brahmins

• Nagaram, organization of merchants

Kalidasa

• King & Brahmin – Sanskrit

• Women & men – Prakrit

• Play Abhijnana Shakuntalam: story of king Dushyanta and woman Shakuntala (STORY)

Arabia

• Arab merchants b/w India & Europe

• Bedouins: pastoral tribes

• Prophet Muhammad: Introduced Islam in Arabia – 1400 yrs ago – stressed on equality before Allah – spread to North Africa, Spain, Iran and India

• Arabs conquered Sindh – 1300 yrs ago

-Manishika