Historical Data in the Udayana Plays of Śrīharṣa

Apart from being an able administrator Sri Harsa of Vardhana dynasty was a great patron of letters and a poet himself as evident from Bana's allusions such as "Kavyakathasu apitamapi antam udvamantar" "Sakalaloka-hrdayasthitamapi ayaye tişthantarh" "Sarvavidyasamṁgitaghamiva Sarasvatyä" "Kanyintabpuramiva Kalnäm and "Jagati jvalatpratapajavalana prakarakętajagadrakṣaḥ. Sakalapranayimanorathasiddhair-parvato Harşah" "api ca asya prajñāyāḥ sastrāṇi Kavitvasya vacab.........na parypto visayah" and

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शर्मा हर्ष के दोनों उदयन-नाटकों रत्नावली और प्रियदर्शिका से ऐतिहासिक सामग्री छाँटते हैं और बाण, जयदेव तथा नाटकों को साथ पढ़ते हैं। वे कोसल-कलिंग के स्वामी को पुलकेशी द्वितीय मानते हैं और दृढ़वर्मा को अवन्तिवर्मा का सजातीय भाई तथा ग्रहवर्मा का चाचा सिद्ध करते हैं। Sharma sifts history out of Harsa's two Udayana plays, Ratnavali and Priyadarsika, reading Bana, Jayadeva and the plays themselves. He identifies the lord of Kosala and Kalinga with Pulakesin II and argues Drdhavarma was a collateral of Avantivarma, uncle of Grahavarma.

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