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	Gupta - LoveToKnow 1911
		The dynasty was founded by Chandragupta I., who must not be confounded with his famous predecessor Chandragupta Maurya.
		The Gupta dynasty appears to have fostered a revival of Brahmanism at the expense of Buddhism, and to have given an impulse to art and literature.
		When Skandagupta came to the throne in 455, India was threatened with an irruption of the White Huns, on whom he inflicted a severe defeat, thus saving his kingdom for a time; but about 470 the White Huns (see Ephthalites) returned to the attack, and the empire was gradually destroyed by their repeated inroads.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Gupta (477 words)

	Gupta Empire
		The origins of the Guptas are shrouded in obscurity.
		At the beginning of the 4th century the Guptas ruled a few small kingdoms in Magadha[?] and Uttar Pradesh.
		Chandragupta is the first of the Guptas to be referred to as `Maharajadhiraja' or `King of Kings'.
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	Gupta Empire Summary
		The Gupta dynasty ruled India north of the Vindhya Range during the 4th and 5th centuries.
		The Gupta Dynasty declined due to weak rulers and a series of invasions, but many of their cultural and intellectual achievements were saved and transmitted to other cultures and live on today.
		These Guptas were ultimately ousted by the Vardhana king Harsha, who established an empire in the first half of the seventh century that, for a brief time, rivalled that of the Guptas in extent.
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	Gupta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The contribution of the Maurya and the Gupta Empire to the Indian culture and philosophy was enormous.
		The reign of the vaisya Gupta dynasty, which lasted from 250 to 550 CE, is known as the "Golden Age of India" because of the large achievements Indians made under the leadership of the Guptas.
		Guptas are found throughout northern India, especially in Haryana, Delhi, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chandigarh.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gupta (601 words)

	History Gupta Empire - History Of Ancient, Medieval And Modern India.
		The Guptas apparently showed little predilection for using horse archers, despite the fact these warriors were a main component in the ranks of their Scythian, Parthian, and Hepthalite (Huna) enemies.
		The collapse of the Gupta Empire in the face of the Huna onslaught was due not directly to the inherent defects of the Gupta army, which after all had initially defeated these barbarians under Skandagupta.
		It appears from inscriptions that the Guptas, although their power was much diminished, continued to resist the Hunas, and allied with the independent kingdoms to drive the Hunas from most of northern India by the 530's.
	www.bharatadesam.com /history/gupta_empire.php (2058 words)

	Gupta dynasty
		The dynasty's stronghold lay in the Magadha region of the middle Ganges valley, with the capital Pataliputra.
		Gupta influence was extended through military conquest east, west, and south by Chandragupta I, Chandragupta II, and Samudragupta.
		Hun raids in the northwest from the 6th century undermined the Guptas' decentralized administrative structure.
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	The Age of the Guptas and After
		Chandragupta II was the greatest of the Gupta kings; called Vikramaditya ("The Sun of Power"), he presided over the greatest cultural age in India.
		Poetry in the Gupta age tended towards a few genres: religious and meditative poetry, lyric poetry, narrative histories (the most popular of the secular literatures), and drama.
		In many ways, the period during and following the Gupta dynasty was the period of "Greater India," a period of cultural activity in India and surrounding countries building off of the base of Indian culture.
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~dee/ANCINDIA/GUPTA.HTM (815 words)

	guptas
		There were kingdoms and republics, where the republics were ruled by the elected chiefs.In the south, Malwa and Khatiawar were ruled by Rudradaman.In Magadha the Lichhavis rose to prominence.The Nagas established their kingdoms in the northern India whereas the Pallavas in the southern part of India on the ruins of the Satvanaha empire.
		Gupta Dynasty After the Kushans,was the most important dynasty.The information about Guptas is known from the archaeological remains,inscriptions and coins.Early in the beginning of the fourth century,a chief called Sri Gupta ruled a small kingdom in Magadha.
		The first famous king of the Gupta dynasty was Ghatokacha's son Chandragupta I. He married Kumaradevi, the daughter of the chief of the Lichhavis.This marriage was a turning point to Chandragupta I.He got Patliputra in dowry from the Lichhavis.
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	webindia123.com-Indian History-Ancient-THE GUPTA PERIOD
		The Gupta period in Indian history is termed as the Golden Age of India.
		Another area of outmost importance during the Gupta reign is the exchange of intellectual ideas which is attributed to the royal patronage and contacts with foreign people of both east and west.
		Contemporary with the rule of the Guptas their existed various other dynastic of which the Vakatakas of Bundelkhand of Berar was one.
	www.webindia123.com /history/ANCIENT/gupta_period.htm (1557 words)

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		Kings of Gupta dynasty were the great patrons of art, culture, languages, mathematics and science.
		Gupta style of art which was marked by a finished mastery in execution and a majestic serenity in expression was spread to other countries and greatly influenced Buddhist art all over Asia.
		Administration structure during the Gupta period was exceptionally good in spite of large empire.
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	Gupta - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Gupta paintings adorned the caves of Ajanta, its sculpture embellished the temples of Ellora, and its metaphysical speculations flowered in philosophy and in the study of mathematics.
		The dynasty was founded by Chandragupta I (reigned c.320-c.330), who married a princess of the Licchavi tribe and acquired the kingdom of Magadha.
		The third and greatest of the Guptas, Chandragupta II (reigned c.380-c.414), further expanded the kingdom to include Ujjain.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-gupta.html (492 words)

	Gupta Empire - Indian History
		It signaled the emergance of a leader, a Magadha ruler, Chandragupta I. Chandragupta successfully combated the foreign invasion and laid foundation of the great Gupta dynasty, the emperors of which ruled for the next 300 years, bringing the most prosperous era in Indian history.
		Samudragupta enlarged the Gupta Kingdom by winning a series of battles till he was a master of northern India.
		Examples of Gupta architecture are found in the Vaishnavite Tigawa temple at Jabalpur (in Madhya Pradesh state) built in 415 AD and another temple at Deogarhnear Jhansi built in 510 AD.
	www.gloriousindia.com /history/gupta_empire.html (1091 words)

	Gupta Period [Early Fourth To Mid-Eighth Centuary A.D.] - Ancient Indian Costume by : Ajit Hari Sahu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Gupta empire was founded in northern India at the beginning of the fourth century AD after a long period of chaos which ensued when the Kushan empire ended in the middle of the third century.
		Strangely enough, although royalty on the Gupta coins is shown wearing the sewn garment of the Kushan Kings, in the Ajanta paintings the king and other members of the nobility are still seen in their fine silk or muslin antariyas.
		The main difference in the Gupta period, as distinct from the previous periods, is that the kachcha style became less popular with women, being replaced gradually by the more feminine lehnga or lungi was we call it today, although the queen and other ladies of the royal family remained conservative.
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	Gupta Dynasty, A History
		A matrimonial alliance with a Licchavi princess Kumaradevi brought strength and prestige to Chadragupta-I. The original of the Gupta dynasty is however still in obscurity, too many conflicting representations in the available dramas and inscriptions makes it further tough unless and until a solid evidence is found.
		The Poona copper inscription of Prabhavati Gupta describes that Sri Gupta as the Adhiraja of Gupta dynasty.
		Though many inscriptions talk about Guptas rule even during 12th to 13th century AD, it is true that only petty kings of Gupta family continued ruling part of the original empire that they could retain.
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	Kamat's Potpourri: The Gupta Dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Gupta dynasty ruled India (what was India then, the north of the Vindhyas), between fourth and sixth centuries of the Christian era.
		Though not as vast as Mauryan empire, Gupta rule has left a deep and wide cultural impact not only in the subcontinent but on the adjacent Asian countries as well.
		Gupta age is considered golden age in Indian history.
	www.kamat.com /kalranga/itihas/guptas.htm (325 words)

	Ancient Bharat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		A multivolume work, while describing the life during the rule of the Gupta dynasty, states "life was never happier".
		Bharat during the Gupta dynasty witnessed excellence in all spheres of life.
		But the fact is that the predecessors of the Gupta dynasty had kept up the tradition of Hindu religion by their reforming activities in some or the other form.
	www.vandemataram.com /html/1anbht/guptaage (529 words)

	culture
		After two previous kings of the Gupta dynasty, Chandra-gupta I by marrying Kumaradevi, a Lichchhavi princess, inaugurated the Gupta Empire in 320, launching campaigns of territorial conquest.
		In the middle of the 6th century the Gupta Empire declined during the reigns of its last two emperors, Kumara-gupta III and Vishnu-gupta.
		Gupta sovereignty was recognized in Kalinga as late as 569.
	narasimhan.com /SK/Culture/culture_history/culture_hist_gupta2.htm (3680 words)

	Gupta Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The time of the Gupta Empire was an Indian "Golden Age" in science, mathematics, astronomy, religion and philosophy.
		The Gupta Empire around 500 CE This period is regarded as the golden age of Indian culture.
		The collapse of the Gupta Empire in the face of the Huna onslaught was due not directly to the inherent defects of the Gupta army, which after all had initially defeated these people under Skandagupta.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gupta_dynasty (2927 words)

	The Gupta Style of the Buddha & its Influence in Asia - Victoria and Albert Museum
		The Gupta period (4th to 6th century) is noted as a time during which the quintessential Buddha image was created, becoming an iconic form which was disseminated and copied throughout the Asian Buddhist world.
		Though the Indian Gupta style is confined historically to the 4th to late 6th centuries, the immediate north Indian legacy of the style, sometimes referred to as the Post-Gupta style, extends into the 7th and 8th centuries, the time-frame to which this sculpture belongs.
		The Gupta style, and its related Buddha images, were to be highly influential for the many regional schools of sculpture that arose in later periods all over the Indian subcontinent.
	www.vam.ac.uk /collections/asia/buddhism/style/index.html (598 words)

	The Gupta Period (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In the fourth century, the Gupta Empire was established.
		He extended the empire westwards and brought the ports in Western India under Gupta control.During his reign, the Gupta empire reached the height of its power and was visited by Buddhist pilgrims from China.
		The Gupta Period was usually described as the "golden age of India" as it was a period of great military power and wealth and there was also great development in the arts and sciences.
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	gupta.html
		Harshavardhan Gupta was the last Gupta king, who you can read about in our next section Harsha.
		Gupta era coins show the King wearing Kushan/Persian dress in the early years, with a helmet as headgear.
		Gupta craftsmen used techniques such as beaten work, embossing, filigree and twisted wire work, granulation etc. Here on the right is a King with a really splendid set of jewels on his head.
	www.designerhistory.com /historyofashion/gupta.html (2071 words)

	Buddhism in Bangladesh Summary
		Chandra Gupta II who, like his father Samudra Gupta, was a devout Vaisnava by faith, gave full freedom to the practice of other faiths in his empire.
		The Pala Dynasty ruled Bengal from 8th century to 12th century, and this period is regarded as the golden age of Buddhism in Bengal.
		Mahipala I, the ninth king of the Pala dynasty and rightly called the founder of the second Pala empire, is responsible for the revival of the past glory of the Buddhist establishments.
	www.bookrags.com /Buddhism_in_Bangladesh (4083 words)

	History of India - 2: Alexander the Great, Mauryan Empire, Gupta Empire
		Chandragupta I was the first in the Gupta Dynasty to assume the imperial title of 'Supreme King of Kings'.
		The greatest of all Gupta kings was Samudragupta whose campaign expanded the empire in all directions.
		During the Gupta Era, classical art forms emerged and treatises on grammar, mathematics, astronomy, medicine etc. were written.
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		The Guptas were the first of the north Indian dynasties to give their primary support to the Hindus, and most of the Gupta kings themselves were devotees of Shiva.
		The Gupta dynasty is a time of important developments in Hindu religion, particularly the composition of many of the Puranas and some of the oldest extant Hindu temple architecture, at Deogarh in northern Madhya Pradesh.
		The Samgame dynasty came to a disastrous end in 1565, with their defeat at the battle of Talikota, at the hands of a coalition of central Indian Muslim kings.
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	Gupta Empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Under the Gupta dynasty, which lasted for 160 years, Indian culture reached new heights.
		The Gupta Empire broke up under the attacks of these invaders, whose supremacy went unchallenged for nearly a century.
		Harsha’s reign emulated the Gupta period in its patronage of the arts, and the cultural achievements of this period can be seen in the chronicles of the great Chinese pilgrim,
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	The Gupta Dynasty
		It finally ended with the establishment of the Gupta dynasty (320 A.D. Much about the origin of the Gupta dynasty is still an open debate.
		They believed that his grandfather, Sri Gupta, was the real founder who built the kingdom in 240 A.D. Though the academics may never find substantial enough evidence to solve the mystery, they all unanimously agree that Chandragupta I was the one who really made a name for the Gupta dynasty.
		Interestingly, this very assertion is why many historians consider 320 A.D. was the beginning of the Gupta dynasty.
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	Tradtional India
		The rise and expansion of the Gupta Dynasty from their home base in Magadha was similar to that of the Mauryas.
		The classical patterns of civilization realized under the Guptas were sustained by their successors in the middle Ganges Valley and in the kingdoms that emerged from the breakup of the Gupta Empire.
		The age of the imperial Guptas in northern India (fourth to seventh centuries A.D.) is regarded as the classical age of Hindu civilization.
	www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/India2.html (4587 words)

	Gupta empire. Few important lines.
		During the time of the Gupta Empire, Indians a "Golden Age" in science, astronomy, religion and philosophy.
		The reign of the vaisya Gupta dynasty, which lasted from 320 CE - 647 CE, is known as the "Golden Age of India" because of the large achievements Indians made.
		Gupta dynasty was the period of "Greater India.
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	Ancient Scripts: Gupta
		The Gupta script is derived from the Brahmi script and belongs to the Northern Indian group of scripts.
		Its appearance roughly coincided with the rise of the Gupta dynasty in early 4th century CE.
		The Gupta script outlasted its namesake political entity (which fell in the 6th century CE after the invasion of the Huns) and continued to evolve over the next few centuries until by the 8th century several different variants, such as Nagari and Sarada, appeared in Northern India.
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