The Administrative System THE period of the Gupta emperors and their successors saw the gradual disappearance of non-monarchical states. After the sixth century, monarchy becomes the only fo... Read more
Bengal under the later Palas and the Senas Sheltered by the Kalachuris and the early Gahadavalas who for more than a century protected the Madhya-desa against a rush of invasion from the nor... Read more
Revival of the Vikramadityan Tradition The situation in the latter part of the eleventh and first three quarters of the twelfth century was not unlike that in the sixth century AD. The old e... Read more
The Coming of the Arabs IN the western part of Asia lies a vast country called Arabia, a land of rocks and deserts with few oases and fertile valleys thinly peopled by a hardy and sturdy fol... Read more
The Great Rashtrakutas The Rashtrakutas in their later records claim descent from Satyaki, a Yadava chief of the north, a close associate of Krishna, famed in epic tradition. Some scholars c... Read more
Successors of the Satavahanas GAUTAMIPUTRA SRI YAJNA SATAKARNI, who probably ruled towards the close of the second century AD, was the last great king of his house. After his death, the Sata... Read more
The Pratihara Empire The Palas were one of the most long-lived dynasties of Indian history, but their supremacy in the Gangetic Doab was of short duration. The sceptre of Kanauj was not long... Read more
Bengal and the Pala Empire Both under Lalitaditya and Vinayaditya Kashmir had come into conflict with the arms of Gauda, which was the name applied to a people of Western and North-Western B... Read more
The Kanauj Empire after Harsha Harsha died either at the end of AD 646 or the beginning of 647. The removal of his strong personality let loose forces of disintegration and disorder in the M... Read more
Harsha At this juncture the statesmen of Kanauj, on the advice of their leading noble Bani (Bhandi), seem to have offered the crown to Harsha, the brother of Rajyavardhana and of Rajyasri, w... Read more
