Which was the first capital of the Vardhana dynasty?
APataliputra
BUjjain
CMathura
DThaneswar
Answer:
D. Thaneswar
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Vardhanas
After the collapse of the Gupta empire, The Vardhana dynasty, also known as the Pushyabhuti dynasty, was a ruling dynasty in northern India in the 6th and 7th centuries. The dynasty's capital was Sthaneshwar (modern Thaneswar)
Harshavardhana was the most prominent ruler among them. Ratnavali, Priyadarshika and Nagananda are the plays written by him.
The Harshacharita written by Banabhatta and the descriptions of the Chinese traveller Hsuan Tsang are the main sources for getting information on this period.