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Who were the Maukharis? Discuss their political relations with the Later Guptas of Magadha.

  • UPSC 2000
  • Guptas, Vakatakas and Vardhanas

The Maukharis matter to Gupta-period political history disproportionately to their own territorial size, because their prolonged rivalry with the Later Guptas of Magadha is the essential backdrop against which Harsha's unification of northern India in the seventh century has to be read — without it, Harsha's sudden accession to a "vast empire without conquest" makes…

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  • Origins and Identity of the Maukharis
  • The "Later Guptas" of Magadha: A Distinct Lineage
  • The Long Rivalry
  • The Crisis of Grahavarman's Death
  • Consequence: The Absorption of the Maukhari Realm

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