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NCERT Class 6 History Chapter 11: New Empires and Kingdoms
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