Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c26.8
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c26.8
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c26.8
The supremacy over Āryāvarta then passed to the houses of Mukhara (cir. A.D. 554)³ and Pushyabhūti (family of Harsha, A.D. 606-47) under whom the centre of political gravity shifted from Magadha to Kanauj and that neighbourhood. Attempts were no doubt made by a line of so-called later Guptas to restore the fallen fortunes of their family, but these were not crowned with success till after the death of Harsha.