Harsha or Harshavardhana (हर्षवर्धन) or "Harsha vardhan" (590–647) was an Indian Buddhist emperor who ruled Northern India for forty one years. He was the son of Prabhakar Vardhan and younger brother of Rajyavardhan, a king of Thanesar. At the height of his power his kingdom spanned the Punjab, Gujarat, Bengal, Orissa and the entire Indo-Gangetic plain North of the...