Maukharis

E677774

Indian dynasty early medieval dynasty

The Maukharis were an early medieval Indian dynasty that rose to power in northern India after the decline of the Gupta Empire, ruling from Kanauj and playing a key role in the region’s political fragmentation.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Maukharis of Kannauj	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indian dynasty ⓘ early medieval dynasty ⓘ
alliedWith	Later Guptas (at certain times) NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Kanauj NERFINISHED ⓘ Kanyakubja NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictedWith	Later Guptas (at other times) NERFINISHED ⓘ Maitraka dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreTerritory	Ganga-Yamuna doab NERFINISHED ⓘ Magadha NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Bihar ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
culturalContribution	patronage of Brahmanical religion ⓘ support of Sanskrit learning ⓘ
declineCause	rise of the Pushyabhuti (Vardhana) rulers of Thanesar and Kanauj ⓘ
dynasticFounder	Harivarman NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	post-Gupta period ⓘ
followed	Gupta Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	monarchy ⓘ
historicalCategory	post-Gupta polity ⓘ
historicalSignificance	transition between Gupta and early medieval polities in north India ⓘ
knownFor	conflict with the Later Guptas ⓘ rivalry with the Pushyabhuti (Vardhana) dynasty ⓘ rule from Kanauj ⓘ
language	Sanskrit ⓘ
militaryActivity	campaigns in Magadha ⓘ wars in the Ganga valley ⓘ
notableRuler	Adityavarman NERFINISHED ⓘ Avantivarman NERFINISHED ⓘ Harivarman NERFINISHED ⓘ Isanavarman NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarvavarman NERFINISHED ⓘ
originRegion	modern Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
partOf	early medieval history of India ⓘ
politicalRole	contributed to political fragmentation of northern India ⓘ
politicalStructure	regional kingdom centered on Kanauj ⓘ
precededBy	Gupta Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	northern India ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
sourceType	coins ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ literary references ⓘ
succeededBy	Pushyabhuti dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	6th century CE ⓘ early 7th century CE ⓘ
titleUsedByRulers	Maharajadhiraja ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Later Guptas → conflictWith → Maukharis ⓘ

Later Gupta dynasty of Magadha → conflictWith → Maukharis ⓘ

Vardhana (Pushyabhuti) dynasty → contemporaryWith → Maukharis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maukharis of Kannauj