Gupta Empire
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The Gupta Empire was a powerful ancient Indian dynasty, often called a "Golden Age" of India, known for major achievements in art, science, mathematics, and literature.
Observed surface forms (5)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Golden Age of India | 1 |
| Gupta | 1 |
| Gupta Empire (partly) | 1 |
| Gupta Golden Age | 1 |
| Gupta dynasty | 1 |
Statements (74)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian dynasty
ⓘ
historical empire ⓘ |
| architecture |
early Hindu stone temples
ⓘ
rock-cut cave temples ⓘ |
| artStyle |
Mathura school of art
ⓘ
surface form:
Gupta art
classical Buddha images of Sarnath school ⓘ |
| astronomicalAchievement | calculation of length of solar year (Aryabhata) ⓘ |
| capital |
Pataliputra
ⓘ
Pataliputra ⓘ
surface form:
Pataliputra (modern Patna)
|
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalInfluence | spread of Indian culture to Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| currency |
gold dinar
ⓘ
silver coinage ⓘ |
| declineCause |
Huna invasions
ⓘ
internal fragmentation ⓘ |
| economicBase |
agriculture
ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ |
| endTime | circa 550 CE ⓘ |
| era |
ancient India
ⓘ
surface form:
Classical India
|
| firstRuler | Chandragupta I ⓘ |
| followedBy | Later Guptas ⓘ |
| founder | Chandragupta I ⓘ |
| governmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Gupta Empire
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Age of India
advances in astronomy ⓘ advances in mathematics ⓘ advances in medicine ⓘ development of classical Indian architecture ⓘ development of classical Indian art ⓘ development of classical Indian sculpture ⓘ flourishing of Sanskrit literature ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Hindu law based on Dharmashastra ⓘ |
| majorCity |
Ayodhya
ⓘ
Mathura ⓘ Ujjain ⓘ |
| mathematicalAchievement |
development of decimal place-value system
ⓘ
use of zero as a numeral ⓘ |
| medicalAchievement | systematization of Ayurveda texts ⓘ |
| militaryFeature |
use of cavalry
ⓘ
use of war elephants ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Gupta Empire
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Gupta dynasty
|
| notableRuler |
Chandragupta II
ⓘ
Kumaragupta I ⓘ Samudragupta ⓘ Skandagupta ⓘ |
| notableScholar |
Aryabhata
ⓘ
Charaka (tradition preserved) ⓘ Kalidasa ⓘ Varahamihira ⓘ |
| patronOf |
Buddhist monasteries
ⓘ
Hindu temples ⓘ Nalanda ⓘ
surface form:
Nalanda (early Buddhist learning center)
Sanskrit poets ⓘ |
| peakPeriod | reign of Chandragupta II ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Kushan Empire
ⓘ
Satavahana dynasty ⓘ |
| religion |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ Jainism ⓘ |
| scriptDevelopment | Gupta script ⓘ |
| startTime | circa 320 CE ⓘ |
| successorState |
Later Gupta dynasty of Magadha
ⓘ
Maitraka dynasty ⓘ Vardhana (Pushyabhuti) dynasty ⓘ |
| territoryIncludes |
Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system
ⓘ
surface form:
Ganges basin
Magadha ⓘ northern India ⓘ parts of eastern India ⓘ parts of western India ⓘ |
| tradePartner |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Empire (late antiquity)
Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Brahmi script ⓘ |
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Northern India
this entity surface form:
Gupta Golden Age
this entity surface form:
Golden Age of India
this entity surface form:
Gupta dynasty
this entity surface form:
Gupta Empire (partly)
subject surface form:
Northern India