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Campaigns of Harishena
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Gupta Empire Traikutaka dynasty Nala dynasty Kadamba dynasty Vishnukundina dynasty | Vakataka dynasty | ||||||||
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Budhagupta Skandavarman Nala Ravivarma Kadamba Madhyamasena Vikramendra Varma I | Harishena | ||||||||
Campaigns of Harishena are numerous Invasion on the neighbouring countries by Harishena of Vakataka.[1] He captured parts of Malwa from Gupta Empire and other places from kingdoms of Nala, Kadamabas, Traikutaka etc.The extent of the Vakataka empire under Harishena was thus even greater than what it had been during the reign of Emperor Pravarasena I.[2][3][4]
Campaigns[edit]
Harishena, the Basim ruler, quickly took control of the main dynasty's territory and claimed to have extended his rule over Gujarat, Malwa, southern Kośala, Andhra, and Kuntala. After the death of Traiküțaka ruler Dhara-sena in 495 A.D., Harishena might have briefly taken control of his kingdom. His conquest of Malwa is likely, as it had fallen from Gupta control before or after Budhagupta’s death.[2] In southern Kośala, the Nālas may have accepted his suzerainty to avoid conflict.[1][4]
Vikramendra of Andhra’s son, Madhava-varman I, married a Vakataka princess, possibly a granddaughter of [Harishena]], which led to Harishena being seen as a feudal lord. Prithvisheņa II, from the main Vakataka line, might have clashed with Harishena over control of Kuntala, where minor border skirmishes likely occurred, with the Vakatakas winning.[3]Kadamba records don’t show significant defeats by Harishena.[1][4]
Aftermath[edit]
Harishena seems to have been succeeded by two rulers whose names are not known. Despite the power and influence that Harishena enjoyed during his lifetime, the disintegration and collapse of the Vakataka kingdom seems to have occurred very rapidly after Harishena's death in about 510. The circumstances surrounding the fall of the Vakataka kingdom remain unclear. By about 550, the Chalukyas of Badami occupied the greater portion of the erstwhile Vakataka territories. However, as the Chalukya records do not make any reference to a conflict with the Vakatakas, it seems that the Vakatakas had already lost power prior to the Chalukya expansion.[5] The early Chalukya kings waged war against the Nalas in Vidarbha and the southern parts of Madhya Pradesh, and thus the Nalas may have extended their sway over former Vakataka territories in the east.[6] The Kalachuris in the north and the Kadambas in the south also seem to have expanded their control over lands formerly under Vakataka sovereignty during the weak rule of Harishena's successors.[7]
Reference[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Majumdar, Ramesh Chandra; Altekar, Anant Sadashiv (1954). Vakataka Gupta age (Circa 200-550 A.D.). pp. 112–113.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Singh, Upinder (2016). A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India From the Stone Age to the 12th Century. p. 484.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bakker, Hanes. The Vakatakas: An Essay in Hindu Iconology. 1997. pp. 38–39.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Yazdani G. (1960). The Early History Of The Deccan Pat I-vi (1960). pp. 187–188.
- ↑ Altekar (2007), p. 114
- ↑ D.C. Sircar (1997). Majumdar, R.C. (ed.). The Classical Age (Fifth ed.). Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. pp. 186–187.
- ↑ Altekar (2007), p. 115