Gupta Empire

E32150
Indian dynasty historical empire

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.

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Label Occurrences
Gupta Empire canonical 36
Gupta dynasty 14
Gupta period 11

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 (70)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bengal → wasRegionOf → Gupta Empire ⓘ
northern India → wasCradleOf → Gupta Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern India
northern India → hasHistoricalEvent → Gupta Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern India
this entity surface form: Gupta Golden Age
Dasgupta → component → Gupta Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gupta
Mathura → wasImportantIn → Gupta Empire ⓘ
Gupta Empire → namedAfter → Gupta Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gupta dynasty
Gupta Empire → knownFor → Gupta Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Age of India
Kushan Empire → followedBy → Gupta Empire ⓘ
Bihar → wasCenterOf → Gupta Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gupta Empire (partly)
Malwa → wasPartOf → Gupta Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Empire → borderedBy → Gupta Empire ⓘ
Patna → servedAsCapitalOf → Gupta Empire ⓘ
ancient India → hasPart → Gupta Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Ancient India
Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi → majorDevelopmentPeriod → Gupta Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gupta period
Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi → associatedWithDynasty → Gupta Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gupta dynasty
Vidisha → associatedWithDynasty → Gupta Empire ⓘ
Ujjain → wasImportantIn → Gupta Empire ⓘ
Buddhist art → historicalPeriod → Gupta Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gupta period
Siddham script → timePeriod → Gupta Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gupta period
Magadha → coreOfEmpire → Gupta Empire ⓘ
Mathura school of art → patron → Gupta Empire ⓘ
Mathura school of art → flourishedDuring → Gupta Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gupta period
Pataliputra → servedAsCapitalOf → Gupta Empire ⓘ
Pataliputra → flourishedInPeriod → Gupta Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gupta period
Gupta script → usedIn → Gupta Empire ⓘ
Gupta script → associatedDynasty → Gupta Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gupta dynasty
Dhamek Stupa → builtInPeriod → Gupta Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gupta period
Dhamek Stupa → associatedDynasty → Gupta Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gupta dynasty
Nalanda → foundedUnderDynasty → Gupta Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gupta dynasty
Nalanda → patronizedBy → Gupta Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gupta dynasty
Magadh region → associatedWithEmpire → Gupta Empire ⓘ
Gauda Kingdom → predecessor → Gupta Empire ⓘ
Chandragupta II → memberOfDynasty → Gupta Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gupta dynasty
Chandragupta II → country → Gupta Empire ⓘ
Chandragupta II → era → Gupta Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gupta period
Chandragupta I → country → Gupta Empire ⓘ
Chandragupta I → dynasty → Gupta Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gupta dynasty
Chandragupta I → associatedWith → Gupta Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gupta Golden Age
Later Guptas → follows → Gupta Empire ⓘ
Later Guptas → sharesCulturalTraditionWith → Gupta Empire ⓘ
Later Guptas → predecessor → Gupta Empire ⓘ
Later Guptas → namedAfter → Gupta Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gupta dynasty
Kalidasa → associatedWith → Gupta Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gupta period
Charaka (tradition preserved) → transmittedDuring → Gupta Empire ⓘ
Charaka (tradition preserved) → continuedBeyond → Gupta Empire ⓘ
Huna invasions → location → Gupta Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gupta Empire territories
Huna invasions → opponent → Gupta Empire ⓘ
Later Gupta dynasty of Magadha → predecessor → Gupta Empire ⓘ
Later Gupta dynasty of Magadha → follows → Gupta Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: classical Gupta Empire
Later Gupta dynasty of Magadha → culturalContinuityWith → Gupta Empire ⓘ