Gupta

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Gupta refers to the ancient Indian royal dynasty that established and ruled the Gupta Empire, a classical age of significant cultural, scientific, and political achievements in South Asia.

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Gupta dynasty 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf royal dynasty
administrativeSystem feudatory chiefs
provincial governors
capital Pataliputra NERFINISHED
Ujjain NERFINISHED
continent Asia
country Gupta Empire NERFINISHED
India
culturalInfluence Hindu temple architecture
Sanskrit drama
classical Indian sculpture
currency copper coins
gold coins
silver coins
declineFactors Huna invasions
internal fragmentation
endTime circa 6th century CE
era Classical age of India NERFINISHED
followedBy Later Guptas NERFINISHED
founder Sri Gupta NERFINISHED
governmentForm monarchy
historicalSignificance consolidation of a large part of northern India
flourishing of classical Indian culture
knownFor Gupta Golden Age NERFINISHED
Hindu art and architecture
advances in astronomy
advances in mathematics
advances in medicine
classical Sanskrit literature
language Sanskrit
majorCity Pataliputra NERFINISHED
Prayaga NERFINISHED
Ujjain NERFINISHED
militaryCampaigns Samudragupta’s northern and southern conquests
namedAfter Gupta (founder) NERFINISHED
notableRuler Chandragupta I NERFINISHED
Chandragupta II NERFINISHED
Kumaragupta I NERFINISHED
Samudragupta NERFINISHED
Skandagupta NERFINISHED
patronOf Nalanda (early Buddhist learning) NERFINISHED
precededBy Kushan Empire NERFINISHED
region South Asia
surface form: Indian subcontinent

South Asia
religion Buddhism
Hinduism
Jainism
startTime circa 3rd century CE

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Chandragupta I house Gupta
Kumaragupta I house Gupta