HIST 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Samudragupta, Pallava Dynasty, Kannauj
7 Feb 2018
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Chapter 3 the regional kingdoms of early medieval india. When harsha selected the holy city of kanauj as his capital, he shifted the centre of north indian hegemony from the east farther to the west. Name of the king who harsha could not defeat and succeeded only after his death. he was unable to vanquish shashanka. Only after shashanka"s death about 621 was harsha able to conquer large parts of eastern india and orissa. Browse over the regional kingdoms of the south. The deccan (derived from dakshina, originally meaning south") had become of equal importance to the north. Read closely on the merchants of south india. You have to know the name of the guild whose inscription has been described in the textbook. Among the most powerful guilds were the ayyavole and the manigramam. The ayyavole, whose name was derived from a former capital of the chalukyas, aihole, dominated the trade of the deccan whereas the.
