Charles E. Duryea and J. Frank Duryea: …three-wheeled, and Frank developed the Stevens-Duryea, one of the best known of the early standard makes, a high-priced limousine that continued in production into the 1920s.

20th-century international relations: The distraction of Watergate: The Stevenson and Jackson–Vanik amendments imposed conditions (regarding Soviet policy on Jewish emigration) on administration plans to expand trade with the U.S.S.R. In 1974–75 Congress prevented the President from involving the United States in a crisis in Cyprus or aiding anti-Communist forces in Angola and passed…

Adlai Stevenson was the 23rd vice president of the United States (1893–97), serving in the Democratic administration of President Grover Cleveland. Stevenson was the son of John Turner Stevenson, a tobacco farmer, and Eliza Ann Ewing. After studying law, he began his practice in Metamora, Illinois.

Adlai E. Stevenson was a U.S. political leader and diplomat who helped found the United Nations (UN), where he served as chief U.S. delegate (1961–65); he is mainly remembered by his countrymen as the eloquent, witty, but unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the presidency in 1952 and 1956. Moving

Adlai E. Stevenson was a U.S. political leader and diplomat who helped found the United Nations (UN), where he served as chief U.S. delegate (1961–65); he is mainly remembered by his countrymen as the eloquent, witty, but unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the presidency in 1952 and 1956. Moving

Adlai Stevenson was the 23rd vice president of the United States (1893–97), serving in the Democratic administration of President Grover Cleveland. Stevenson was the son of John Turner Stevenson, a tobacco farmer, and Eliza Ann Ewing. After studying law, he began his practice in Metamora, Illinois.

Adlai E. Stevenson: His eldest son, Adlai E. Stevenson III, was elected to the U.S. Senate from Illinois in 1970 and again in 1974 (retiring in 1981), after having served in the state legislature (1965–67) and as state treasurer (1967–70).

Bryan Stevenson is an American lawyer, professor, author, and activist who works to bring legal representation to poor, juvenile, mentally ill, and minority prisoners in the South. He founded the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) to fight against the mass incarceration of these groups. Stevenson

ethics: Emotivism: …developed by the American philosopher Charles Stevenson (1908–79) in Ethics and Language (1945). As the titles of the books of this period suggest, moral philosophers (and philosophers in other fields as well) were now paying more attention to language and to the different ways in which it could be used.…

Matilda Coxe Stevenson was an American ethnologist who became one of the major contributors to her field, particularly in the study of Zuni religion. Matilda Evans grew up in Washington, D.C. She was educated at Miss Anable’s Academy in Philadelphia. In April 1872 she married James Stevenson, a

M*A*S*H: Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson) and later in the series (1975–83) by irascible Col. Sherman Potter (Harry Morgan). However, the base’s operation was held together by the company clerk, Corp. “Radar” O’Reilly (Gary Burghoff, reprising the role he had played in the film). Another corporal, Max Klinger (Jamie…

Robert Stevenson was a civil engineer who in 1797 succeeded his stepfather, Thomas Smith, as a member of the Scottish Lighthouse Board. In that capacity until 1843, he designed and built lighthouses (1797–1843) and invented intermittent and flashing lights as well as the hydrophore (an instrument

Robert Stevenson was a British-born American director best known for his numerous Disney movies, which included such classics as Johnny Tremain (1957) and Mary Poppins (1964). After studying at the University of Cambridge, Stevenson embarked on a film career in Britain. He worked as a screenwriter

Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish essayist, poet, and author of fiction and travel books, best known for his novels Treasure Island (1881), Kidnapped (1886), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886), and The Master of Ballantrae (1889). Stevenson’s biography of Pierre-Jean de Béranger

Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish essayist, poet, and author of fiction and travel books, best known for his novels Treasure Island (1881), Kidnapped (1886), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886), and The Master of Ballantrae (1889). Stevenson’s biography of Pierre-Jean de Béranger

Teófilo Stevenson was a Cuban heavyweight boxer who became the first fighter to win three Olympic gold medals in one weight class and one of only two to win three World Amateur Boxing titles. (Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.) The 6-feet 3-inch (1.9-meter) Stevenson shocked the

When he was 14 years old, Rick Steves went to Europe on a family vacation. He did not want to go. It was the summer of 1969, and he would have preferred to spend his school break hanging out with his friends. By the end of the trip, however, the encounters with different cultures had changed his

When he was 14 years old, Rick Steves went to Europe on a family vacation. He did not want to go. It was the summer of 1969, and he would have preferred to spend his school break hanging out with his friends. By the end of the trip, however, the encounters with different cultures had changed his

stevia, (Stevia rebaudiana), flowering plant in the aster family (Asteraceae) grown for its sweet-tasting leaves. The plant is native to Paraguay, where it has a long history of use by the Guaraní people. The leaves contain a number of sweet-tasting chemicals known as steviol glycosides, which can

stevia (sweetener), sweetener made from the leaves of the South American plant Stevia rebaudiana and used as a replacement for sugar. Refined stevia is classified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a nonnutritive sweetener. It contains a number of natural compounds, including stevioside

stevia, (Stevia rebaudiana), flowering plant in the aster family (Asteraceae) grown for its sweet-tasting leaves. The plant is native to Paraguay, where it has a long history of use by the Guaraní people. The leaves contain a number of sweet-tasting chemicals known as steviol glycosides, which can

Glenda Jackson: Ibsen; The Incredible Sarah (1976); Stevie (1978); The Return of the Soldier (1982); and Turtle Diary (1985). In the early 1990s she also appeared in a series of TV movies, including A Murder of Quality (1991) and The Secret Life of Arnold Bax (1992). During this time she continued to…

Stevie Wonder: …and overambitious extended work called Stevie Wonder’s Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants. Thereafter his recordings became sporadic and often lacked focus, although his concerts were never less than rousing. The best of his work formed a vital link between the classic rhythm-and-blues and soul performers of the 1950s…

Simon Stevin was a Flemish mathematician who helped standardize the use of decimal fractions and aided in refuting Aristotle’s doctrine that heavy bodies fall faster than light ones. Stevin was a merchant’s clerk in Antwerp for a time and eventually rose to become commissioner of public works and

stevia: …of sweet-tasting chemicals known as steviol glycosides, which can be used fresh or dried to sweeten beverages or desserts and can be commercially processed into powdered noncaloric sweeteners. Steviol glycosides, particularly the chemicals stevioside and rebaudioside A, can be more than 300 times sweeter than table sugar and are nonglycemic…

Paraguay: Plant and animal life: …export of medicinal teas and stevioside, which is extracted from the Stevia rebaudiana plant and used as a low-calorie natural sweetener.

Zealand: …chalk and limestone cliffs at Stevns Klint—which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2014—but is generally obscured by thick morainic deposits forming a gently undulating landscape. Its irregular coastline is broken by Ise Fjord and Roskilde Fjord. The northern part of the island is well wooded and lake-strewn,…

stew, dish of meat, poultry, or fish, usually with vegetables, cooked in liquid in a closed vessel over low heat. Prepared properly, the stew never boils, but simmers at about 190 °F (88 °C), a process that tenderizes tougher foods and mingles flavours. Meats to be stewed are cut in cubes, fowls

public administration: Early systems: …for the provision of wine), steward (responsible for feasting arrangements), chamberlain (often charged with receiving and paying out money kept in the royal sleeping chamber), and chancellor (usually a priest with responsibilities for writing and applying the seal in the monarch’s name). With the 13th century a separation began between…

ship: Crewing: …at-sea maintenance, and (3) the stewards department, which did the work of a hotel staff for the crew and passengers. The total number of crew varied widely with the function of the ship and with changes in technology. For example, an early 20th-century transatlantic liner might carry 500 stewards, 300…

Julian Steward was an American anthropologist best known as one of the leading neoevolutionists of the mid-20th century and as the founder of the theory of cultural ecology. He also did studies of the social organization of peasant villages, conducted ethnographic research among the North American

Julian Steward was an American anthropologist best known as one of the leading neoevolutionists of the mid-20th century and as the founder of the theory of cultural ecology. He also did studies of the social organization of peasant villages, conducted ethnographic research among the North American

weka: … and Pitt islands; and the Stewart Island weka (G. australis scotti), which inhabits Stewart Island and smaller islands nearby.

Stewart Island/Rakiura, third largest island of New Zealand, in the southwest Pacific Ocean off the southern tip of South Island. Roughly triangular and measuring 45 by 25 miles (70 by 40 km), the island has a total land area of 674 square miles (1,746 square km). It is generally hilly—rising to

Yukon River: Physiography and hydrology: The Stewart River, having about the same drainage area as the White River, flows out of the former mining area of Mayo–Keno City to the east. At Dawson the Yukon has an average flow of 74,000 cubic feet (2,095 cubic metres) per second, but there is…

Battle of Eutaw Springs: …British troops under Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Stewart and American forces commanded by General Nathanael Greene. Greene wished to prevent Stewart from joining General Lord Cornwallis in the event of that leader’s retreat south from Yorktown. About 2,000 American troops, many ill-clad and barefoot, were slightly outnumbered. In the early fighting…

Alexander Turney Stewart was an American textile merchant whose dry-goods store grew into a giant wholesale and retail business. Stewart came to New York City from Ireland as an adolescent. He returned to Ireland a few years later to collect an inheritance, which he used to purchase $3,000 in Irish

Arabella Stuart was an English noblewoman whose status as a claimant to the throne of her first cousin King James I (James VI of Scotland) led to her tragic death. The daughter of James’s uncle Charles Stewart, Earl of Lennox, and great-granddaughter of King Henry VIII’s sister Margaret Tudor,

Balfour Stewart was a Scottish meteorologist and geophysicist noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism and radiant heat. Stewart pursued a mercantile career for 10 years before becoming an assistant at Kew Observatory and later an assistant to James Forbes at Edinburgh University, where

New York Liberty: …New York signed star forward Breanna Stewart in free agency. That year the team finished the regular season with a record of 32–8 and easily advanced to the finals. There the Liberty lost to the Las Vegas Aces, 3–1. In a repeat of the previous season, New York won 32…

Donald Ogden Stewart was an American humorist, actor, playwright, and screenwriter who won a 1940 Academy Award for his screenplay adaptation of The Philadelphia Story. After graduation from Yale University (1916) Stewart served as chief quartermaster in the U.S. Naval Reserve Force during World

Douglas Stewart was a poet, playwright, and critic who helped establish an Australian national tradition through mythical re-creation of the past in his plays. Stewart studied at Victoria University College but left to take up journalism. He later traveled to London to find work in journalism, but

Douglas Stewart was a poet, playwright, and critic who helped establish an Australian national tradition through mythical re-creation of the past in his plays. Stewart studied at Victoria University College but left to take up journalism. He later traveled to London to find work in journalism, but

Dugald Stewart was a philosopher and major exponent of the Scottish “common sense” school of philosophy. Educated at the University of Edinburgh, where his father was professor of mathematics, Stewart began teaching there when he was 19. In 1775 he took over his father’s chair and 10 years later

Ella Winter Stewart was an Australian-born journalist who devoted her life to radical causes, to the peace movement, and to support for struggling writers and artists. After her parents moved to London in 1910, Winter attended the London School of Economics and in 1924 met her first husband,

Ellen Stewart was an American theatre director who founded (1961) and for nearly 50 years remained the visionary artistic director of the seminal La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, an Off-Off-Broadway mainstay known for presenting avant-garde international theatre in New York City’s Lower East

Frances Teresa Stuart, duchess of Richmond and Lennox was a favourite mistress of Charles II of Great Britain. She also held the title of Duchess of Richmond and Lennox. The daughter of Walter Stuart (or Stewart), a physician in the household of Queen Henrietta Maria when in exile after the death

Australian literature: Literature from 1940 to 1970: …the poets James McAuley and Harold Stewart, writing as a deceased mechanic-salesman-poet, parodied what they saw as the meaninglessness of experimental verse, was an indication of the demand for new standards. Similarly Patrick White, a Nobel Prize winner (1973) and the most important and influential of the modern Australian novelists,…

Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley was the cousin and second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, father of King James I of Great Britain and Ireland (James VI of Scotland), and direct ancestor of all subsequent British sovereigns. Darnley was the son of Matthew Stewart, 4th earl of Lennox, whose pretension

house of Stuart, royal house of Scotland from 1371 and of England from 1603. It was interrupted in 1649 by the establishment of the Commonwealth but was restored in 1660. It ended in 1714, when the British crown passed to the house of Hanover. The first spelling of the family name was undoubtedly

Isabella Stewart Gardner was an eclectic American socialite and art collector, a patron of many arts, remembered largely for the distinctive collection of European and Asian artworks that she assembled in Boston. Isabella Stewart was the daughter of a wealthy businessman. In 1860 she married John

J.I.M. Stewart was a British novelist, literary critic, and educator who created the character of Inspector John Appleby, a British detective known for his suave humour and literary finesse. Stewart was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, and lectured in English at the University of Leeds from 1930

James Stewart was a major American motion-picture star who was known for his portrayals of diffident but morally resolute characters. Stewart graduated from Princeton University in 1932 with a degree in architecture. He then became part of the University Players, a summer stock company in Falmouth,

James Stewart was a major American motion-picture star who was known for his portrayals of diffident but morally resolute characters. Stewart graduated from Princeton University in 1932 with a degree in architecture. He then became part of the University Players, a summer stock company in Falmouth,

Stax Records: …by country music fiddle player Jim Stewart and his sister Estelle Axton, following a previous false start with Satellite Records, Stax maintained a down-home, family atmosphere during its early years. Black and white musicians and singers worked together in relaxed conditions, where nobody looked at a clock or worried about…

James Stewart was a major American motion-picture star who was known for his portrayals of diffident but morally resolute characters. Stewart graduated from Princeton University in 1932 with a degree in architecture. He then became part of the University Players, a summer stock company in Falmouth,

J.I.M. Stewart was a British novelist, literary critic, and educator who created the character of Inspector John Appleby, a British detective known for his suave humour and literary finesse. Stewart was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, and lectured in English at the University of Leeds from 1930

John Stewart, 2nd duke of Albany was the regent of Scotland during the reign of James V and advocate of close ties between France and Scotland. His father, Alexander Stewart (c. 1454–85), the 1st duke of Albany of the second creation, died when he was scarcely more than an infant, and he was raised

John Stewart, 4th earl of Atholl was a Roman Catholic Scottish noble, sometime supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots. The son of John Stewart, the 3rd Earl of Atholl in the Stewart line (whom he succeeded in 1542), Atholl was particularly trusted by Mary Stuart; but, after the murder of Mary’s husband

Robert III was the king of Scots from 1390, after having ruled Scotland in the name of his father, Robert II, from 1384 to 1388. Physically disabled by a kick from a horse, he was never the real ruler of Scotland during the years of his kingship. The eldest son of Robert the Steward (the future

Jon Stewart is an American comedian, writer, and director who is best known for hosting (1999–2015, 2024) the satiric television news program The Daily Show. Stewart graduated from the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1984 and then held a series of odd jobs before pursuing a

Kristen Stewart is an Academy Award-nominated American actress who first received widespread recognition for her starring role in the five-part Twilight Saga film franchise (2008–12), She later became known for her nuanced, critically lauded performances in independent films such as Clouds of Sils

Kristen Stewart is an Academy Award-nominated American actress who first received widespread recognition for her starring role in the five-part Twilight Saga film franchise (2008–12), She later became known for her nuanced, critically lauded performances in independent films such as Clouds of Sils

Frances Teresa Stuart, duchess of Richmond and Lennox was a favourite mistress of Charles II of Great Britain. She also held the title of Duchess of Richmond and Lennox. The daughter of Walter Stuart (or Stewart), a physician in the household of Queen Henrietta Maria when in exile after the death

Omar Abdel Rahman: …April 2002 Abdel Rahman’s attorney, Lynne Stewart, was arrested and charged with helping the cleric pass messages to his followers. Stewart was convicted in February 2005 and ultimately sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Maria Stewart was an American writer, lecturer, teacher, and activist who was the first known American woman to lecture the public on the abolitionist movement. Her speeches and essays helped influence other people to work toward the educational and social advancement of African Americans. Stewart

Maria Stewart was an American writer, lecturer, teacher, and activist who was the first known American woman to lecture the public on the abolitionist movement. Her speeches and essays helped influence other people to work toward the educational and social advancement of African Americans. Stewart

Martha Stewart is an American entrepreneur and domestic lifestyle innovator who built a catering business into an international media and home-furnishing corporation, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. Raised in Nutley, New Jersey, Martha Kostyra grew up in a Polish American household where the

Mary was the queen of Scotland (1542–67) and queen consort of France (1559–60). Her unwise marital and political actions provoked rebellion among the Scottish nobles, forcing her to flee to England, where she was eventually beheaded as a Roman Catholic threat to the English throne. Mary Stuart was

Lady Mary Anne Barker was a writer best known for her book Station Life in New Zealand (1870), a lively account of life in colonial New Zealand. Stewart was educated in England, and at age 21 she married George R. Barker, then a captain of the Royal Artillery. He was knighted for his military

Margaret Douglas, countess of Lennox: …Stewart (1516–71), 4th Earl of Lennox. Because of her nearness to the English crown, Lady Margaret Douglas was brought up chiefly at the English court in close association with Princess Mary (afterward Queen Mary I), who remained her fast friend throughout life.

Patrick Stewart is a British actor of stage, screen, and television who is perhaps best known for his work on the series Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–94) and its related films. Stewart also garnered attention for his performances in the X-Men franchise. His father served in the military,

Phyllis Schlafly was an American writer and political activist who was best known for her opposition to the women’s movement and especially the Equal Rights Amendment. She was a leading conservative voice in the late 20th century and a lightning rod for fervent debate about cultural values. Phyllis

Potter Stewart was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1958–81). Stewart was admitted to the bar in New York and Ohio in 1941 and after World War II settled in Cincinnati. He served on the city council and as vice mayor before his appointment to the Court of Appeals for the

Rex Stewart was an American jazz musician who was unique for playing the cornet, rather than the trumpet, in big bands as well as small groups throughout his career. His mastery of expressive effects made him one of the most distinctive of all brass improvisers. Stewart grew up in Philadelphia and

Rex Stewart was an American jazz musician who was unique for playing the cornet, rather than the trumpet, in big bands as well as small groups throughout his career. His mastery of expressive effects made him one of the most distinctive of all brass improvisers. Stewart grew up in Philadelphia and

Robert Stewart, 1st duke of Albany was a regent of Scotland who virtually ruled Scotland from 1388 to 1420, throughout the reign of his weak brother Robert III and during part of the reign of James I, who had been imprisoned in London. The third son of Robert II of Scotland, he was made high

Robert II was the king of Scots from 1371, first of the Stewart (Stuart) sovereigns in Scotland. Heir presumptive for more than 50 years, he had little effect on Scottish political and military affairs when he finally acceded to the throne. On the death (1326) of his father, Walter the Steward, in

Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh was a British foreign secretary (1812–22), who helped guide the Grand Alliance against Napoleon and was a major participant in the Congress of Vienna, which redrew the map of Europe in 1815. Castlereagh was one of the most distinguished foreign secretaries in

Rod Stewart is a British singer and songwriter whose soulful, raspy voice graced rock and pop hits beginning in the late 1960s. Stewart became an international star following the extraordinary commercial success of his landmark album Every Picture Tells a Story (1971). Although best known as a solo

Rod Stewart is a British singer and songwriter whose soulful, raspy voice graced rock and pop hits beginning in the late 1960s. Stewart became an international star following the extraordinary commercial success of his landmark album Every Picture Tells a Story (1971). Although best known as a solo

Patrick Stewart is a British actor of stage, screen, and television who is perhaps best known for his work on the series Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–94) and its related films. Stewart also garnered attention for his performances in the X-Men franchise. His father served in the military,

Sly and the Family Stone: …songwriter, and social satirist, bandleader Sly Stone stood among the giants of rock.

Bedford: …centred on the town of Stewartby, southwest of Bedford town, utilizing the local heavy Oxford clays. Stewartby was originally known as Wootton Pillinge but was renamed for the Stewart family, who were responsible for its development as a model village in the 1920s. Although Stewartby at one time was home…

stewartia, any member of a genus (Stewartia) of at least nine species of shrubs and small trees, in the tea family (Theaceae), native to East Asia and eastern North America. They are planted as ornamentals in warm areas for their showy camellia-like flowers and their strikingly coloured, peeling

stewartia: Silky camellia, or Virginia stewartia (S. malacodendron), a shrub up to 3.5 metres (11.5 feet) high, has white flowers with purple stamens. Another American species is the mountain stewartia, sometimes called mountain camellia (S. ovata), which is also shrubby; it is mostly confined to the…

stewartia: Another American species is the mountain stewartia, sometimes called mountain camellia (S. ovata), which is also shrubby; it is mostly confined to the southern Appalachians.

stewartia: Japanese stewartia (S. pseudocamellia), a tree that grows to a height of 15 metres (50 feet) and has reddish, peeling bark and large white flowers with conspicuous orange stamens in the centre. Silky camellia, or Virginia stewartia (S. malacodendron), a shrub up to 3.5 metres…

braising: Braising differs from stewing, in which the food is immersed in liquid, and from covered roasting, in which no liquid is added. Braising is a combination of covered roasting and steaming.

Tom Steyer is an American business executive and philanthropist who founded (1986) Farallon Capital Management and later became a noted environmental activist. Steyer, who was born into a wealthy family, attended Phillips Exeter Academy and then Yale University, where he studied economics and

Tom Steyer is an American business executive and philanthropist who founded (1986) Farallon Capital Management and later became a noted environmental activist. Steyer, who was born into a wealthy family, attended Phillips Exeter Academy and then Yale University, where he studied economics and

Marthinus Theunis Steyn was the leader of the Orange Free State and its Afrikaner nationalist president before and during the South African War (1899–1902). Steyn, educated at Grey College in Bloemfontein and at Deventer, Neth., became state attorney and was appointed to the high court of the

Steyr, city, northeast-central Austria. The city is situated at the confluence of the Enns and Steyr rivers, southeast of Linz. Originating in the 10th century around the castle of the Traungau family, it was the centre of Austria’s iron industry in medieval times. In the old town centre are the

Ländler: …many variants, among them the Steyrischer, with improvised satiric verse and syncopated hand clapping, and the Schuhplattler, a courtship dance in which the men perform exuberant, acrobatic displays, stamp their feet, slap their hands and body, and end by lifting the women high off the ground. The Schuhplattler is one…

growth hormone (GH), peptide hormone secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland. It stimulates the growth of essentially all tissues of the body, including bone. GH is synthesized and secreted by anterior pituitary cells called somatotrophs, which release between one and two milligrams of

thug, member of a well-organized confederacy of professional assassins who traveled in gangs throughout India for several hundred years. (The earliest authenticated mention of the thugs is found in Ẓiyāʾ-ud-Dīn Baranī, History of Fīrūz Shāh, dated about 1356.) The thugs would insinuate themselves

28 Notable Women Cricketers: Lisa Sthalekar: Lisa Sthalekar is an India-born Australian all-rounder who has taken more than 200 international wickets and scored almost 4,000 runs. She won the Belinda Clark Award for Australia’s outstanding female cricketer of the season in 2007 and 2008 and was Women’s International Cricketer…

28 Notable Women Cricketers: Lisa Sthalekar: Lisa Sthalekar is an India-born Australian all-rounder who has taken more than 200 international wickets and scored almost 4,000 runs. She won the Belinda Clark Award for Australia’s outstanding female cricketer of the season in 2007 and 2008 and was Women’s International Cricketer…

Sthanakavasi, a modern subsect of the Shvetambara (“White-robed”) sect of Jainism, a religion of India. The group is also sometimes called the Dhundhia (Sanskrit: “searchers”). The Sthanakavasi, whose name refers to the subsect’s preference for performing religious duties at a secular place such as

India: Successor states: Sthanvishvara (Thanesar) appears to have been a small principality, probably under the suzerainty of the Guptas. Harsha came to the throne in 606 and ruled for 41 years. The first of the major historical biographies in Sanskrit, the Harshacarita (“Deeds of Harsha”), was written by…