Harsha started out as a capable and noble king, then ran into financial trouble because of his spending habits.

Extravagant expenditure on his troops and senseless pleasure involved him in grave financial difficulties .His accidental discovery of hoarded treasures at the Bhimasahi, induces him to spoilage other temple and he started melting gold and silver images of god and goddess’’ Kalhana's Rajatarangini gives an interesting account of Harsha.

According to scholars, Harsha employed Turks in his army and adopted certain "mleccha" practices from the Turushkas[note 1].

[6][7][8] According to historian André Wink, in all likelihood, Harsha embraced the Muslim tradition of iconoclasm, as indicated by the term Turushka used to describe him.

[9] From Taranaga (chapter) VII of Rajatarangini (Stein's translation): It has been suggested that he had been influenced by Turushkas, as Masud Ghaznavi, son of Ghaznavid Sultan Mahmud, had occupied Kashmir in 1034, and Turkish troops were a permanent presence as mercenaries to Harsha: Here Kalhana appears be to stating that Harsha did not even follow the religion of the people he was favoring.