Pushyabhuti dynasty

Pushyabhuti dynasty
(Vardhana dynasty)
Pushyabhuti dynasty; (Vardhana dynasty)
c. 500–c. 647 CE
	Coin of Harshavardhana, c. 606–647 CE. Obverse: portrait of Harshavardhana with a crescent over the head. Reverse: Fan-tailed Garuda standing facing.
	South-Asia; 600–650 CE PRATIHARAS PALLAVAS PANDYAS CHOLAS CHERAS NEZAK; HUNS KALINGAS TAANK TOKHARA; YABGHUS WESTERN TURKS PATOLAS KARKOTAS TIBETAN; EMPIRE TOCHARIANS MAITRAKAS KALACHURIS CHACHAS CHALUKYAS SASANIAN; EMPIRE ◁ ▷ Map of the Pushyabhutis at their zenith, c. 600-650 CE, forming the Kannauj Empire, and neighbouring polities.
Capital	Sthanvishvara (modern Thanesar); Kanyakubja (modern Kannauj)
Government	Monarchy
• c. 500-525 CE	Pushyabhuti
• c. 525-545 CE	Nara Vardhana
• c. 545-565 CE	Rajya Vardhana I
• c. 565-585 CE	Aditya Vardhana
• c. 585-605 CE	Prabhakara Vardhana
• 605-606 CE	Rajya Vardhana II
• 606-647 CE	Harsha Vardhana
History
• Established	c. 500
• Disestablished	c. 647 CE
Area
648 est.	1,000,000 km2 (390,000 sq mi)
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Gupta Empire
	Alchon Huns
	Yaudheyas
Varman dynasty of Kannauj

The Pushyabhuti dynasty (IAST: Puṣyabhūti), also known as the Vardhana dynasty, was the ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Thanesar in northern India during the 6th and 7th centuries. The dynasty reached its zenith under its last ruler Harsha Vardhana (c. 590 – c. 647 CE), whose empire covered much of north and north-western India, extending till Kamarupa in the east and Narmada River in the south. The dynasty initially ruled from Sthanveshvara (modern-day Thanesar, Haryana), but Harsha eventually made Kanyakubja (modern-day Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh) his capital, from where he ruled until 647 CE.