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    Gupta Empire

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    Gupta Empire The Gupta Period of India was not characterized by enormous material wealth or by elaborate trade activity. It was defined by creativity. Flourishing arts‚ fabulous literature‚ and stupendous scholars are just a few of the things that marked the period. In 185 B.C.E.‚ the Mauryan empire collapsed when the last of the Mauryan kings was assassinated. In its place‚ small kingdoms arose throughout India. For nearly 500 years‚ the various states warred with each other. In the northern

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    The Gupta Empire

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    The Gupta Empire (Golden Period of ancient India) * After Greek Empire in India‚ the Empires of Northern India belonged to invaders who came from Central Asia. * In 4th century AD‚ there rose a pure Indian dynasty‚ the Gupta Empire. * In about 320 AD‚ Chandragupta‚ an Aryan prince made a matrimonial alliance with a Nepali queen. The queen’s army was very powerful and her warriors helped by Chandragupta’s skill in leading them‚ quickly conquered the land and built the Gupta Empire.

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    Gupta Empire The Gupta Empire (320 CE to about 500 CE). It dominated northern India.  People were happy during the Gupta period‚ the "Golden Age" of ancient India. They had religious freedom. They were given free medical care‚ which included simple surgery. Rewards of money were given to writers‚ artists‚ and scholars to encourage them to produce wonderful work‚ and they did. Very few of the common people were educated‚ but the Gupta Empire had many universities. Students came from as far away

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    Maurya and Gupta Empire

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    08/08/11 12:57 AM Indus valley to the Pre-British era : 1. Indus Valley 2. Maurya Dynasty 3.Gupta Empire 4. Mughal Empire 5. Mewar Dynasty 6. Vijayanagar Empire 7. Maratha Empire 8. Ahom Kingdom 9. Kushan Dynasty 10. Satavahana Dynasty I. MAURYA DYNASTY COSTUME Men and women continued to wear three unstitched garments‚ as in Vedic times. The main garment was the antariya of white cotton‚ linen or flowered muslin‚ sometimes embroidered in gold and precious stones. For men‚ it was an unstitched

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    Josseline Acevedo 9-17-13 1st period Gupta Empire Around 320 to 550 B.C.E.‚ an ancient Indian empire called the Gupta Empire was formed and maintained by powerful leaders and its court‚ a strong military‚ religion‚ and technology. The Gupta Empire was founded by Maharaja Sri Gupta and created the Gupta dynasty. The Gupta Empire grew out of the kingdom of Magadha on the Ganges Plain and had its capital at Pataliputra (Bulliet 177). This period was called the Golden Age of India and was marked

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    Changes came in the over all social life in the Gupta period with the tremendous development of science during this period. With the growth and intensification in the arena of mathematics‚ astrology‚ astronomy‚ medicine‚ Chemistry‚ Metallurgy‚ Botany‚ Zoology and Engineering Gupta period gained a striking facet.  Mathematics under Gupta Empire  In the realm of arithmetic the most important achievement was the discovery of the decimal system of notation. It was based upon the principle of the

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    Samudra Gupta

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    Samudra gupta[citation needed]‚ ruler of the Gupta Empire (c335 – c375 CE)‚ and successor to Chandragupta I‚ is considered to be one of the greatest military geniuses in Indian history according to Historian V. A. Smith. He was called the Napoleon of India because he wanted to conquer more and more. The Allahabad inscriptions or the Prayag Prashashti composed by his court poet. He was the second ruler of the Gupta Dynasty‚ who ushered in the Golden Age of India. He was perhaps the greatest king of

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    Gupta Dynasty

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    Gupta Dynasty short notes - Indian History • Chandragupta I was the real founder and the first ruler of Gupta Dynasty. • Chandragupta I adopted the tile ‘Maharajadhiraja’. • Samudragupta is popularly known as ‘Indian Napoleon’‚ because of his extensive military conquest. • He was a many sided genius-scholar poet‚ musician and warrior. • Harisena was the court poet of Samudragupta. • Chandragupta II is popularly known as ‘ Vikramaditya’. • Fahein‚ the Chinese traveler visited India during

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    Numismatics - Gupta Coins

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    for the reconstruction of ancient Indian history. The reign of the Guptas in Indian history is a fascinating one. As a matter of fact‚ it saw a prosperous and plentiful life. Towards the beginning of the 4th century A.D.‚ the dynasty of the Gupta emperors rose out of a small principality‚ situated somewhere in Eastern Uttar Pradesh or Bihar; and it lasted for more than two centuries. The founder of the dynasty was Sri Gupta. It was the most renowned‚ prosperous‚ ever progressing and self sufficient

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    The Gupta Empire thrived in their Golden age. A Golden age is a time of peace‚ delight‚ and affluence. Still don’t understand what a Golden age is? Just take a look at India. Beginning in early 312 BCE‚ with the revolutionary leader Chandragupta II. His strong leadership abilities lead India into a golden age that is still remembered today. A golden age has to reach its peak somehow‚ and that’s where government‚ literature‚ and sciences come in. The Gupta Empire was a golden age because of its governmental

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