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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
Illustration: Prashasti (Praise Of) - Gupta Empire

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
Illustration: Harshavardhana

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
Illustration: South India

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

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