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How far is it true to say that the strength and vigour of Indian history during c. A.D. 500-750 lay in the south of the Vindhyas
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- Regional States during Gupta Era
The two and a half centuries between the effective collapse of Gupta paramountcy and the mid-eighth century present a genuine asymmetry in the subcontinent's political geography: the peninsula, under the Pallavas and the Chalukyas of Badami, sustained continuous, expanding, institutionally deepening states, while the north cycled through Harsha's brief unity, his empire's rapid dissolution, and…
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- The Case for the South: Political Dynamism
- The Case for the South: Trade, Society and Religion
- Qualifying the Claim: Harsha's Own Consolidation
- Qualifying the Claim: The North's Recovery by Mid-Century
- A Qualified Judgment
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