HUMA 1770 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Five Dynasties And Ten Kingdoms Period, Six Dynasties, Architecture Of India
26 May 2013
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King harsha: after the gupta empire, there was no 1 civilization to unify all of india. Ruled empire that encompassed most of northern india. Short lived empire, focused on lives of single individual. Fragmentation of political power at this time. Kind of a feudal system, decentralized power. Began as a hindu, but became a buddhist. Implemented laws to reflect the spiritual aspect on new perspective in life: forbid killing of animals, built religious artifacts that buddhists used. Came to india as invaders, part of groups of hun (central asia of nomadic groups) Defended india from invasions up to modern period. North = central power of india (ex: dheli) Tamal speaking people started from south and expanded to north. Siva and shakti = blending male and female in 11th century ce. Delhi = capital of a large northern empire (first muslim empire) Didn"t assimilate fully to the religion of india, and became the religion and made it become islam.
