Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "पुष्यभूति राजवंश" in Hindi language version.
yuan Chwang, who remained in Inda for approximately thirteen years (c. A.DD. 630-44) tells us that Harshavardhana was of 'Fe ishe'(vaishya) extraction. The Āryamanjuśrimulakalpa also clearly states that the Pushyabhutis belonged to the vaisya caste. According to Tripathi, the suffix ' bhūti ' additionally indicates that Pushyabhuti, the founder of the family was a vaisya
This probably explains the emergence of Pushyabhuti, a Vaisya by caste and a Saiva by faith, as its ruler
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