• Harshvardhana was a great king.
• He would take care of his kingdom personally.
• He had divided his daily routine into three parts:

A. State administration
B. Public welfare
C. Religious duties.

A. State administration:

Harshvardhana used to keep personal watch on the administration of his state.

• He was very just and regular in conducting his administrative duties.
• He used to travel extensively in different parts of his empire to supervise the administration of his kingdom.
• He had sub-divided his administration work among different posts like the state commander of the army, Pratihara (Dwarpal), Sandhivigrahika (Foreign Minister), Rajdoot (Messenger), Parrajya Mantri (Minister of External Affairs), Maha Dandanayka (Chief Justice), Aksharpatalika (Registrar), etc.
• All these people helped in speedy and efficient administration of the state.

B. Public welfare:

•  Harshvardhana’s prime focus was the welfare of his subjects.
• Infact, Harshvardhana would get so much engrossed in public welfare that he would forget to take his meals.
• He built many rest houses, inns, step wells, well, lakes, mathas, chaityas and viharas for the welfare of his people.

C. Religious duties:

• King Harshvardhana was a very religious person.
• He held a Buddhist religious meeting in his kingdom every year.
• Every five years, he organized a religious congregation at Prayag.
• He donated lavishly in this congregation.
• In fact, he used to donate his entire treasury in the congregation.
• He would even donate the ornaments on his body and give them away as charity during the congregation.
• He even prohibited killing of animals.