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.

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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

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Vardhana (Pushyabhuti) dynasty precededBy Gupta Empire
this entity surface form: Gupta Empire (regional context)
Samudragupta dynasty Gupta Empire
this entity surface form: Gupta dynasty
Kumaragupta I country Gupta Empire
Kumaragupta I dynasty Gupta Empire
this entity surface form: Gupta dynasty
Kumaragupta I era Gupta Empire
this entity surface form: Gupta Golden Age
Maitraka dynasty precededBy Gupta Empire
Skandagupta memberOf Gupta Empire
this entity surface form: Gupta dynasty
Skandagupta country Gupta Empire
Monghyr wasUnderRuleOf Gupta Empire
Kalinjar associatedWith Gupta Empire
Kalinjar Fort ruledBy Gupta Empire
this entity surface form: Gupta dynasty
Kshatriya hasFamousExamples Gupta Empire
this entity surface form: Gupta dynasty
Kadamba dynasty militaryConflict Gupta Empire
Indian Buddhism hasHistoricalPeriod Gupta Empire
Kushinagar recliningBuddhaPeriod Gupta Empire
this entity surface form: Gupta period
Iron Pillar of Delhi culture Gupta Empire
Iron Pillar of Delhi historicalPeriod Gupta Empire
this entity surface form: Gupta period
Uparkot Fort hasHistoricalPeriod Gupta Empire
this entity surface form: Gupta period
Hephthalite Empire neighbor Gupta Empire
Gupta art associatedWith Gupta Empire