Who among the following composed the Harshacharita, the Sanskrit biography of Harshavardhana, the ruler of Kannauj ?
Banabhatta
Harshavardhana of the Pushyabhuti (Vardhana) dynasty ruled north India from Kannauj in the 7th century CE. His court poet wrote the Harshacharita, a prose biography in Sanskrit, and the romance Kadambari.
That court poet was Banabhatta, whose Harshacharita is a key source for Harsha's early life and reign.
Kalidasa was the Gupta-age poet of Abhijnanashakuntalam and Meghaduta; Harishena was Samudragupta's court poet who composed the Prayag Prashasti; Vishakhadatta wrote Mudrarakshasa and Devichandraguptam.
Banabhatta option is correct.
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