The Age of the Imperial Guptas c4.182

c4.182

There were minor powers in all parts of the country; such as, the dynasty of Puṣpabhūti in Assam, the petty chiefs of Karṇasuvarṇa in Western Bengal, etc. None of these dynasties attained the magnitude and magnificence of the Imperial Guptas. The more ambitious among their princes founded short lived empires which never lasted for more than one generation. Such were the empires of Harṣavardhana of Thanesar and Yaśodharman of Mālava. For three centuries Northern India was plunged into a chaos from which it emerged once more as an united empire under the Hinduised Gujars of Rajputana in the first half of the 9th century A.D.