Indian History

Gupta Dynasty

The Golden Age of India occurred during this dynasty.

Vikramāditya

Another name for Chandragupta II of the Gupta Dynasty

Chandragupta I

Founder of the Gupta Dynasty

Samudragupta

Son and successor of Chandragupta I of the Gupta Dynasty

Pataliputra

Capital of the Gupta Empire after its conquest by Samudragupta

Chandragupta II

He extended the Gupta Empire to the West coast of India to the Arabian Sea

Faxian (aka Gong Sehi aka Fa-Hien)

Chinese Buddhist monk who traveled from Jin China to medieval India from 399 to 412 AD, returning to China with a large number of Sanskrit Buddhist texts.

Gupta Empire

This Empire was divided into 26 provinces known as "Vishayas" each administered by a Vishayapati.

Gupta Empire

Chess may have started during this dynasty/period of Indian History

Gupta Dynasty

Kālidāsa lived during this period of Indian History.

Gupta Dynasty

The Mahābhārata and Rāmāyaṇa are thought by historians to have come to their final form during this period.

Gupta Empire

The Scythians and the Huns were fought on the Northwest boundary of this empire.

Samudragupta

Gupta dynasty Chandragupta I's and Kumaradevi’s son, who expanded the empire across India

Samudragupta

He isn't Asoka, but this Indian ruler also carved the names of his conquests on ancient stone pillars, in particular on one erected by Asoka the Great himself.

Kumaragupta

Son of and successor to Chandragupta II of the Gupta dynasty, whose 39-year-reign involved conflicts with the Hepthalites whom he drove back, and under whose leadership the Gupta Empire achieved its peak in land area. He fought a rebellion with his great nephew Narendrasena who was king of the Vakataka.

Skandagupta

Son of and successor to Kumaragupta, under whose reign the Empire’s treasury was drained fighting unknown enemies, and who also defeated the invading Hephthalites, but whose later reign was marked by rebellions and economic instability and decline of his dynasty.

Mahayana and Theravada

Two branches of Buddhism that emerged during the Gupta Empire.

Theravada Buddhism

India-dominant school of Buddhism that emphasized reasoning, mindfulness, and concentration as ways to enlightenment. This school emphasized monastic living.

Mahayana Buddhism

China-dominant, more emotional school of Buddhism that emphasized prayer, faith, and divine revelation.