Q. In which year Pulakesin won over Harshavardhana?
Answer: 618 A.D.
Notes: Pulakeshin, who ruled from the Chalukyan capital of Badami, challenged Harsha’s conquests. The former had established himself as ‘lord paramount’ of the south, as Harsha had of the north. The date of Pulakeshi’s great triumph over Harsha in a battle fought primarily with elephants, on the banks of the Narmada has been fixed at 618 AD by decoding a copper plate of Pulakeshin II in 2016.