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Pushyabhuti conquest of Vallabhi or Harsha's conquest of Vallabhi was an ancient Indian military conquest of the Kingdom of Valabhi (Modern day, Saurashtra region of Gujarat, India) by the Pushyabhuti ruler of the Vardhana dynasty of Kannauj, Harsha.[1]
| Harsha's conquest of Vallabhi | |||||||||
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| Part of Military campaigns of Harsha | |||||||||
 Map of the Maitraka dynasty (blue) in 625 A.D | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Pushyabhuti Empire | Maitraka dynasty | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Harshavardhana | Dhruvasena II | ||||||||
The conquest
[edit]Background & context
The Kingdom of Valabhi (Modern Gujarat) was a powerful monarchy under the Maitraka dynasty during the during the reign of Dhruvasen II. Harsha could not tolerate the existence of a well strong dynasty bordering his empire. So, he decided to invade Vallabhi, the capital of the Maitraka dynasty or their kingdom, and defeat its ruler. He succeeded to defeat Dhruvasen II but due to the intervention of Dadda II of Baroach, Harsha patched up his differences between him and Dhruvasen by marrying his daughter to him. The latter was reinstated to his kingdom but after the conquest, Harsha began to rule Vallabhi as his feudatory vassal.[4]
Aftermath
[edit]Harsha's war with the Kingdom of Valabhi resulted in a complete defeat of the ruler of Vallabhi, Dhruvasen II, and the flight of that prince into the dominions of the Raja of Bhāroch, who relied probably on the support of the Chalukya Empire, seems to have occured later of 633 A.D and before Hieun Tsung's visit to western India in 641 or 642 A.D. Dhruvasen II, who already related, was compelled to sue for peace, to accept the hands of Harsha's daughter, and to be content with the position of a feudatory vassal.[5][6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Panikkar, Kavalam Madhava (1922). Sri Harsha of Kannauj: A Monograph on the History of India in the First Half of the 7th Century A.D. D.B. Taraporevala sons & Company. p. 24.
- ^ Wiet, Gaston (1975). The Great Medieval Civilizations. Allen and Unwin for the International Commission for a History of the Scientific and Cultural Development of Mankind. p. 130.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Gokhale, Balkrishna Govind (1995). Ancient India: History and Culture. Popular Prakashan. p. 80. ISBN 9788171546947.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Chaurasia, Radhey Shyam (2002). History of Ancient India: Earliest Times to 1000 A. D. (Hardcover). Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Limited. p. 184. ISBN 9788126900275.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Smith, Vincent Arthur (1908). The Early History of India from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest. Clarendon Press. p. 314.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Chakraberty, Chandra (1997). Racial Basis of Indian Culture: Including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Aryan Books International. p. 276. ISBN 9788173051104.
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