Harshacharita

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Harshacharita (IAST:Harṣacarita, Sanskrit: हर्षचरित), "The deeds of Harṣa", is the biography of Indian Emperor Harsha by Banabhatta, also known as Bana, who was a Sanskrit scholar of 7th century in India. He was the 'Asthana Kavi' meaning 'Court Poet' of King Harsha. 'Harsha Charita' was first composition of Bana and can be treated as the beginning of writing of historical poetic works in Sanskrit language. This is written in ornate poetic prose, in which Bana gives us a fragment of autobiography unparalleled in Sanskrit literature. Not only do his elaborate descriptions show accurate and close observation, but throughout his work, the personality of the author breaks through.

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  • The Harsa-Carita of Bana. Translated by E. B. Cowell and F. W. Thomas. London: Royal Asiatic Society, 1897, 4-34.
  • Ashok Kaushik:Harsh Charit by Bann Bhatt (Hindi), Diamond Pocket Books, Delhi
  • AL Basham: The wonder that was India
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