1. The Rashtrakuta rulers were great patrons of learning.
2. Kannada and Sanskrit literature made great progress during their reign.
3. Amoghavarsha I was the author of Prasnottaramalika, a Sanskrit work, and Kavirajamarga, a Kannada work. Jinasena wrote the Adipurana of the Jains.
4. Krishna II's spiritual guide, Gunabhadra, wrote the Mahapurana of the Jains.
5. The three gems of ancient Kannada literature - Kavichakravarthi Ponna, Adikavi Panpa and Kavichakravarti Ranna - were patronised by Rashtrkuta king Krishna III, as well as by Tailapa and Satyashraya of Western Chalukyas.

1. The Palas were great patrons of Mahayana Buddhism.
2. The Buddhist philosopher Haribhadra was the spiritual preceptor of Dharmapala, the founder of the Pala kingdom.
3. Bengal remained one of the few places where Buddhist monasteries continued to exist.
4. The kingdom as well as Buddhism soon suffered decline because of large-scale conversion of merchants and artisans to Islam.

1. According to historian Burton Stein, a centralised administration did not even exist under the powerful Guptas.
2. It was restricted only to the central part of the Gangetic plain between Pataliputra and Mathura.
3. Beyond that zone, there was no centralised authority.
4. The only difference between Guptas and Vardahanas is that the former had formidable enemies like Huns, while the latter had no such opponents. The copper plates of 632 CE record a gift of land to two Brahmans
5. The names of certain political personages with state power, as protectors of the gift,are mentioned in them. Some were mahasamantas, allied to the kin but of a subordinate status.
6. Others were independent maharajas but acknowledged feudatories of Harsha.
7. There was yet another category of rulers who pledged their loyalty to Harsha and professed to be at his service. This is the characteristic of Harsha's imperial authority in North India.

1. Harsha was a worshipper of Siva at least up to 631 CE.
2. But he embraced Buddhism under the influence of his sister Rajyasri and the Buddhist monk Hieun Tsang.
3. He subscribed to the Mahayana school of thought. Yet he held discourses among learned men of various creeds.
4. Slaughter of animals and consumption of meat was restricted.
5. Harsha summoned two Buddhist assemblies (643 CE), one at Kanauj and another at Prayag.
6. assembly at Kanauj was attended by 20 kings including Bhaskaravarman of Kamarupa. A large number of Buddhist, Jain and Vedic scholars attended the assembly.
7. A golden statue of Buddha was consecrated in a monastery and a small statue of Buddha (three feet) was brought out in a procession.
8. The procession was attended by Harsha and other kings.

1. On his accession in 606 CE Harsha focused his attention on the affairs of his sister Rajyasri who had fled to Vindhya mountains to escape from the evil design of Deva Gupta of Malwa to covet her.
2. Harsha went to Vindhya mountain ranges and succeeded in saving his sister who was about to burn herself after killing Deva Gupta.
3. Harsha consoled Rajyasri and brought her back to the kingdom of Kanauj.
4. Later Rajyasri took to Buddhism and was instrumental in converting Harsha to Buddhism.