INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Mayurbhatta was a 7th-century Sanskrit poet and scholar, who was brother-in-law of Banabhatta, the court poet of Harshavardhana, who is noted for having written Surya Satakam. Mayurbhatta was suffering from leprosy.

Detailed explanation-2: -Banabhatta was the Ashtana Kavi meaning court poet who has written the Harshacharita, a biography of Harshavardhana. This is the correct answer.

Detailed explanation-3: -Banabhatta, also known as Bana, who was a Sanskrit writer of the seventh-century, wrote the biography of Harshavardhana known as the Harshacharita.

Detailed explanation-4: -Harshacharita is a biography of Harshavardhana, the ruler of Kanauj, composed in Sanskrit by his court poet, Banabhatta. The Harshacharita ranks as the first historical biography in Sanskrit although it is written in a florid and fanciful style.