quest for centralized imperial rule

Question 1

north and south india after the gupta empire ended

Answer 1

north: politics become chaotic; local states contest for power
south: took a different trajectory

Question 2

who took advantage of the north

Answer 2

nomad turkish from asia

went through the khyber pass and put themselves into the caste system

Question 3

king harsha

Answer 3

tried to restore unified rule in most of N india and wanted to revive imperial authority

• -kind
• -buddhist, but respected other faiths
• -free medical
• -distributed wealth to citizens

Question 4

did harsha succeed

Answer 4

no

• local established too much authority over their regions for harsha to overcome
• -he was assassinate with no heir
• -and then india turned into a battleground again