Coming to the throne at a critical time when enemies were active, Harsha Siladitya immediately decided upon a course of adventure and aggression. He thought of wars and conquests as the mission of his political career. With the help of his army chief, he prepared a plan for his digvijaya to punish the King of Gauda and other enemy kings. [...]
After the downfall of the Gupta Empire during the later years of the fifth century A.D., India once again entered into a period of political chaos. Many small kingdoms rose here and there. Many of them existed for short times only. The Huna invaders played devastating havoc in the country. Rival dynasties fought against each other. There was neither unity [...]
The empire of Harsha Vardhana was vast. His suzerainty also extended far and wide. Like Samudragupta, he kept the heartland of northern India under his direct administration and the rest of the territories under his dominating influence. Harsha's Empire included the kingdoms of Thaneswara or eastern Punjab, and Kanauj in the Gangetic Doab, and the regions of Ahichchhatra or Rahilkhand, [...]