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Harsha

590 - 647

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Harshavardhana (IAST Harṣa-vardhana; c. 590–647 CE) was a Pushyabhuti emperor who ruled northern India from 606 to 647 CE. He was the son of Prabhakaravardhana who had defeated the Alchon Hun invaders, and the younger brother of Rajyavardhana, a king of Thanesar, present-day Haryana. At the height of Harsha's power, his realm covered much of northern and northwestern India, with the Narmada River as its southern boundary. He eventually made Kanyakubja (present-day Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh state) his imperial capital, and reigned till 647 CE. Harsha was defeated by the Emperor Pulakeshin II of the Chalukya dynasty in the Battle of Narmada, when he tried to expand his empire into the southern peninsula of India.The peace and prosperity that prevailed made his court a centre of cosmopolitanism, attracting scholars, artists and religious visitors from far and wide. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harsha has received more than 2,042,521 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Harsha is the 1,399th most popular politician (up from 2,218th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from India (up from 67th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Indian Politician.

Harsha is most famous for his literary work, Harshacharita, which is a biography of the Hindu king Harsha.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Harsha ranks 1,399 out of 15,577Before him are John IV of Portugal, Miguel Primo de Rivera, Paul Barras, U Thant, Philip of Swabia, and Léon Blum. After him are Anthemius, John V of Portugal, Alexander I of Serbia, Arghun, Charles III of Naples, and Turgut Özal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 590, Harsha ranks 2Before him is Pope Martin I. After him are Kavad II, Boran, Aqil ibn Abi Talib, and Eanfrith of Bernicia. Among people deceased in 647, Harsha ranks 2Before him is Queen Seondeok of Silla. After him is Gregory the Patrician.

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In India

Among people born in India, Harsha ranks 49 out of 1,493Before him are Aishwarya Rai (1973), C. V. Raman (1888), Bhāskara II (1114), Meera (1498), Amir Khusrow (1253), and Mohammed Nadir Shah (1883). After him are Tipu Sultan (1750), Augustus De Morgan (1806), Salman Rushdie (1947), Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856), Zubin Mehta (1936), and William Makepeace Thackeray (1811).

Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Harsha ranks 16Before him are Aurangzeb (1618), Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888), Rani of Jhansi (1828), Jahangir (1569), Sariputta (-568), and Mohammed Nadir Shah (1883). After him are Tipu Sultan (1750), Vallabhbhai Patel (1875), Ram Nath Kovind (1945), Samudragupta (335), Rajendra Prasad (1884), and Rajiv Gandhi (1944).