NCERT Class 6 History Chapter 11: New Empires & Kingdoms YouTube Lecture Handouts
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NCERT Class 6 History
Chapter 11: New Empires & Kingdoms
Prashasti (Praise Of) - Gupta Empire
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Harishena (poet) – Samudragupta (Arvind) – 1700 yrs ago - inscribed on Ashokan pillar at Allahabad – Sanskrit
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Harishena - maha-danda-nayaka, or chief judicial officer / kumar-amatya, important minister / sandhi-vigrahika, minister of war and peace
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Nagarashreshthi or chief banker or merchant of the city
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Sarthavaha or leader of the merchant caravans
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Prathama-kulika or the chief craftsman
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Head of the kayasthas or scribes
Image of Prashasti - Gupta Empire
Image of Prashasti - Gupta Empire
Genealogy – Gupta Empire
Harshavardhana
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1400 yrs ago
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Banabhatta (poet) – wrote Harshacharita – Sanskrit
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Accounts by Xuan Zang
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Not eldest but became king of Thanesar after father & eldest brother died
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Brother in law (king of Kannauj) killed by Bengal king – acquired Kannauj
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Conquered Magadha & Bengal
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Stopped by Pulakeshin II, Chalukya king in south
Image of Empire of Harshavardhana
Image of Empire of Harshavardhana
South India
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Pallavas: from capital Kanchipuram to Kaveri delta
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Chalukyas: Raichur Doab, between rivers Krishna and Tungabhadra
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Aihole: capital of Chalukyas – trade, religious center – known for temples
Image of South India
Image of South India
South India
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Sabha, assembly of Brahmin land owners
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Ur, village assembly where land owners were not Brahmins
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Nagaram, organization of merchants
Kalidasa
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King & Brahmin – Sanskrit
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Women & men – Prakrit
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Play Abhijnana Shakuntalam: story of king Dushyanta and woman Shakuntala (STORY)
Arabia
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Arab merchants b/w India & Europe
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Bedouins: pastoral tribes
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Prophet Muhammad: Introduced Islam in Arabia – 1400 yrs ago – stressed on equality before Allah – spread to North Africa, Spain, Iran and India
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Arabs conquered Sindh – 1300 yrs ago
-Manishika