Question

‘Harsha Charita’ was written by________
A. Kalidasa
B. Vishakhadatta
C. Banabhatta
D. Harsha

Answer 1

Hint: The Harshacharita (The deeds of Harsha), is the account of Indian ruler Harsha. The poet of Harsha Charita was called Bana. He was a Sanskrit essayist of seventh-century CE India. He was the Asthana Kavi, which suggests Court Poet, of Harsha.

Complete answer:
Banabhatta was a writer in Harsha's court. He composed 'Harshacharita' a memoir of Harshavardhan with an itemized record of the occasions paving the way to his ascent to control. It was written in the Sanskrit language. He additionally composed a show called 'Kadambari'. The Harshacharita was the primary arrangement of Bana and is viewed as the start of the composition of chronicled lovely works in the Sanskrit language. The Harshacharita positions as the main verifiable memoir in Sanskrit in spite of the fact that it is written in a flowery and whimsical style. Bana's nitty-gritty and striking depictions of country India's regular habitat just as the unprecedented business of the Indian public oozes the essentialness of life around then. Since he got the support of the head Harsha, his depictions of his benefactor are not an unprejudiced evaluation and present the sovereign's activities in an excessively positive light. The Harṣacharita, written in lavish beautiful exposition, portrays the history of the sovereign Harsha in eight ucchvāsas (sections). In the initial two ucchvāsas, Bana gives a record of his heritage and his initial life. He was an extraordinary sovereign. The solitary editorial accessible is the Sanketa composed by Shankara, a researcher from Kashmir. It appears to be that Ruyyaka likewise composed an editorial known as the Harsacaritavartika, which has not yet been found.[citation needed]. Harsha was vanquished by the south Indian Emperor Pulakeshin II of the Chalukya line within the Battle of Narmada when Harsha attempted to increase his Empire into the southern landmass of India.
So, the correct answer is Option C.

Note: ‘Harsha Charita’ converted into English by Edward Byles Cowell and Frederick William Thomas in \[1897\]. The military antiquarian Kaushik Roy depicts Harshacharita as "verifiable fiction" however with a genuinely right establishment. ‘Harsha Charita’ was converted into Telugu by M. V. Ramanachari (Medepalli Venkata Ramanacharyulu) Vizianagaram in \[1929\].