[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A History of Sanskrit Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900) › c19.14 # A History of Sanskrit Literature c19.14 A History of Sanskrit Literature c19.14 - **Language:** English ### [c19.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c19.14) After having been again united into a single empire almost as great as that of Chandragupta under the national dynasty of the Guptas, from 319 to 480 a.d., Northern India, partly owing to the attacks of the Hūṇas, was split up into several kingdoms, some under the later Guptas, till 606 a.d., when Harshavardhana of Kanauj gained paramount power over the whole of Northern India. During his reign the poet Bāṇa flourished, and the celebrated Chinese pilgrim Hiouen Thsang visited India. - [Previous: c19.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c19.13) - [Next: c19.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c19.15) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Bāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.deccan.bana) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c19.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c19.14) · Pramāṇa