The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c16.43

c16.43

Various dynasties then shared between them the sovereignty of Vikramâditya's dominions until A.D. 606, when Harsha Vardhana, of Thanesar, famous in the Mahâbharata as the land of the Kurus, repelled another Hun invasion, and reconstituted the supreme government of Aryâvarta in a new confederacy, with Kanauj as its capital, which covered most of the territory formerly ruled by the Guptas. His reign is memorable in history for the visit to India of another famous Chinese pilgrim, Hiuen-Tsang, who, like Fa-Hien, left a record of his adventures, incidentally throwing much light upon the state of India at the time in its political, social, and religious relationships.