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UNIT 4 - GiUPTAS (6iprE0i) 40 CE-550CE

ntroduchien small kngdoms

AAten he Mauaan Empire, many
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Sdovahanas, Chedis, Indo

-Greeks,
Kanvas,
o
nol and ilb. 15ngas,
Sakas, laruans, Kushanas
kinabms
CEhe puanul
-By the end 3 " entuy in the south
the north k atayahanas
Kushanas in
pskalishd by
qreatness and strenah
had lost theb emerged as
Giupta kingdom
uring hs peuiod, the
Quuing uwnitcation
unitcatin a a
athibved he polihical
a qua powes tand
h e Tndton Subtontinent.

buinging
central government,
Audtwnoda bronq
nder iks hegemony
take toot
many kngdoms
an
inst hehiòn beqan lo
C
Feudalism höteruan S. hotmd
eruod.Feudal
eatuwres isted by
duing thi an fdrd aboun,
incnasad inciclence
qrank d land; approprtaion 8wplus
suplus by the stot
stote,
Royal popralon
Tranfor od fütal t juditaly
the benefltianiès
a dudine in Adine
trade and coinage,
land eenu,
night b puyment o dhtols rough assigm menEs
* Grant heh nught oven routh tu obligaténs the
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Golden Age a not ?

aupta period-
he
and oves0a ode,
Nh a Jecive guld 8ystem,
Gupta iono my oomed

classes aachad. peak

eached aa peak
standards upper
The lng
The ltrng scioncepoqTessed, but tho

Fducebion, awt and

shudy
peopla, tn some gn
feudal 3ysem govennance put

handship
historiansproclaim
that Buptea
bupta peritd
peubd
Aho ugh $ome Rntirel_acoate

not not
was lden age, that
m a r tk
t was aa porod
was potibed
howeve agu
cholans wold n arts
-
May
Mary clasial age o arts
clasiial age
ovestenca and a thi perid
wlhural durng
durng thus waibd
w e u producrd
Yoduced
n Sanskut Stuhphire
Gteat qvorks in ne ards,
orls,Sulpbure
cultural mafinity
d a high love
achievad.
ws
achibethine
and commendakisn
Commendabisn y
3 a o n s k o i t wod,
meaning
Prashashi
in raise look lonk pebs Flatoad heis kbqs
M
achiovemonts. hese aconts were
Lshing eub fheb
on pitlons 80 ihat peope could aadthon
okon engoved
Saken
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Krubrs P Gpta ynasty

founder TttlnSunnams
. St Aupta (240- 280 CE) Mahmaia' (king)
2. Ghatotkacha C28o 319 CE J
-

335 F) -Mahanajo
-adhieia
3. Chandagupla I (319-
(Gveat king over clher kinga)

a r a t kiy upla dyrashy.

375 CE havraja (lover paby Amusic)
4. Samudraguta (335-
oreatest ulbor Gupta dynasty.
Neprlhan ndia,
i (31st5CE) - Vikramadiln, Devagypa
5. Chandnagupta Vikrama,Devraja, De vast,
Natndrachandra, Smhachanda
Nerendrasimha.

Sakoradiapa, Mahundradtn
6. Kurnaraguta 1 (4S -455CH -

s5-467CE)
- last qud kinq q6usta dypady
7. Skandagupta
(467- 4T2 CE)
8. Puwwgupta
1 (472- 471 cE)
Kunanagpta
9 CA19 -
496 CE)
10. Budaha gupla
qypta (46 s30 CE Baladihya
-

I1. Nanasimha
2. Kumanagupta (530 54o CE) Koramadikya
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Sounces foa
Aiteray nas.
Epaphtò Sounes
Aupta Periad
NumismatioSout ces

. Litany Sorunas
BhagavataFiwranas
-Vishnu , Maaya Vayu,
Nth Sastva Narada
eakhadatta. (Apout ruse
Devihandragupkam 7 q 6iuta empire)
Mudnarakshasa
Harshathwita e Bana. tadhe ir
wok on polily adarnssed
a
Nn' ssaro
Nit v Kaynandake Ctoo CE)
tarashna smilt Bihoszdt Snda
Manusmih, Nenada smit,
and kqayara miki. Smihs
Vioamorashizem,a r
ADhinanShakuntalam,
Malavikagrimith,
Kumiscambanam, thusamama-erms
Maakodutom, hucmhan,
tworks Kalidasa. Shakespeare India)
kasha
Buddhist toks: Alhidharma
V'shudimaqga
Jain teeks: Nyayavartam
Chines Buddhit mokk Fahen who Viated
Acvounksd
Brdia duriry the seiem ChandhaghaT-Vikramadieyn.
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Epiqaphio Sources: (nsctjhten)

Enseripons Thesn chmater
Rulns
Proshast
Samudragupta Payaq/Atlahabnd sbne Rllan Prashast
itore Prlla
EYan (M-) Royal Chanka
Nalanda oppor Plate
Tron Pillar /Guda ila Prashast
ChandraguraD_Mehaauli
Udhayaglri laye, Mathlsa
Stone Santhi Sme
Junagarh Rak
Prashash
Shandagypta Bhitari Prller Prashosh
I n d o u( M D S o n e P r l l a r
Roryal thartn
CEidante dnhion)
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Royal Chserter
Tahanpun Coppeor Plate
Budahagupta (Salo ouwneship {lond
. Nunismaio Sonces
contains lagends{qures
k
Coins issad by upta kings
about ths tillos
tell us
the utas assumed
cotns
-
These gold
Vedie ühuak they peovrmed
and to comparatiey few
toins but comparatiely
gpla
Ciuptas sued many
Stven ad cpe otns.
sau a declihe in the ticulaticn
saw a decliihe tielhhe

-Boweven
dhe past- éiuta pentod 9old coins
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Foundatien he upta Dynasy

Srt Gupta is Consxlered o be the forunden
He s belioved to have eiqned over parts
Bengal and Bthar.
pent da toins
uupa ulr o le abvad n
He was the ost Ghatotkacha
- He uas sledad by his ot
in isenphions
mentioned asMahanajas
- Boh au

I. Charndnagupla 1
d6thatotkatha
He was the son Maharandhirad
Gupta auls with le
-he was Ha giust matilmonial alane2
-He verngthened hi
kinglom by
Lichchas prrtss. t bought
-
He manmid Kumaadevl, and prestiye
nUsowrce
enoTmous pouwo,
hiy which
and pouwerl
hmous and
was mous ul.
powerkul.
was an dd gana -8anga
(Lichchawi and he Nepal Tirai)
s mildy ko ehueen he iongs the uhde o
the sihuotion and occupd
- th ok aduhntag rayaq_o Maliura.
ile biongeht valby fom
m 311 cE }k was abe to astablbh
He stutad he Gypla Evm Saksta (Ay odhya)
Praue CALlehalud), and
-

h audhorty evor Magadha, have BUtved om his Rugn.

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. Samudragupta :
was Bu son Chondragpta f.
- He was the gruatest kinq d Gupta dunasty.
Agokarn_pilla,
bin rEcibed on an
(A lerqhy eulogy Gyagm) m

he Maunypn kinglan
tat he uas claining hgacy
he
SUggests
mpresive h s and egions
Thi inscripion qives
an
he acvoss ontiy)
Collnt
Samudnagupkas math
hat succimbed to
rashesh'(Allahabad inscriphin) tmpesed by ceunt pet
The rapq Samudraguytas eian
Somudtnapuppa3 eian||
main Sounct nlermahin
Haisena b
ueLOE ,

thwas qreat_(ong
CRmppuqn all ovn the
te Conied on a vigotous

CourtryAnd even in the Sotth.

Pallaue kingcom, he deltated Vishrugo
n tho oteron
the notth, hi Conguevetnine kingdole.
In
He geecioved honage hom the gulurs of Fest Bngal
Assam Nepal, pnt q Penjab
pastern and Rajasthan.
northern
- The Souliun kings paid tibute, while the
Kingdoms WOw annexed lo he 61upla emptie ndn hin
- Histeuans lik VA-Smith, call him as Indian Nepolaan
(Si lonken kmg Meghawauman nt proents to Samudragupla andPagenesuested
pormiesien tohilda Buddht monastry at Bdh Giya) Number: 7
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Samudragupla pthonized scholays litke Haisena

and promoted aanAkout Ltenature
adhorent pllower a Vaishruism (Vishmue)
Though an

Buddhuf
pabionised the
hdar Vasubandhut.
greet
Ae elso
and in ne hon, he ii potityed
He ssuud qolt colins,
playing Vina (lute/ ue-gma Fayq Prathosh
Toeband musie) -
71TES Kavirajn (Rng sacrifitr)- " ns
Ashvameda Panakaama
Hoco -

Coins.
hrgs)
Sawa-vaj ocheheta(lprodter all
-

YÖrly Gupa ud uith his title -

Samutragupta
anomBhogavat Nalonda Lopperplate
gharma Poshan Bandu (pholder o Brakamonical veligon
Jllehabad Pallos bucijption

iTL Chondnagupta U: (Vioramadihya)

Nameda eftee h6
qrandlalhee
aller a Sultesslon 8tnugglk uik
-

He Came Mo poluer
Romagpla[only king
b t3sie toyper toin)
hs broh
Awrding lo Vishakhaddtas Bexi Chandragupl,
Kamagupta uled pa very sheat peiod. Ramagpta was a towad,he
Soka invad.
eed
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Bult Chandragupta I suueding tn Hlliny the Soka uler.

also 5CCeded in killng Kamaqupta ,and not only keizud
As kinqdom ht alko married his wclow wlt,

Chandragph. I prtendud ha limil y matsimanial

wlh Nagas and Vakatakas. hmaniad Kubonaga
wlth
Naga dyna
Pabhavedigupta with Vakotaka prinue
and mantd h daughtor
lands Decan.
Rudbrasana I who uled he skratepte
wher he poteeded
This aliant was aighay eselul
frulos western fndia
2gaind thu Saka western Makura
Nlalva ard ujonat
and aujonat
Chandhag pa congumed 4 centurer
rtigud o
netiarad pe about 4
u l e s h o had
Centusues
dlpoking the caka
y out s bade Liks wh
he khingloms praporty gow
n ast zrn and Westeen
omon Emplre.
Aftor ostablshinq
hinsel
ulrs like Hurs
tie
nonthern
Chandragya I lated % hs doptal
second Copital
Tndia, made jain (M)
ard Kiadas.
te
hambeios able adminstt
qreat ong uene and an
He wasa
was a
dynaaty o asue
He was he. gule bupla
oiuptas tevitria
siwea coins. {6 nude thus mud he peak peicd -xpanston
aES: Vkrana, Vkromadlya, Simhavilrana, Sakau Smhadhgndaa
Narehdraghandra
Pevaqypta, evoraj, Oevesri, Nanundrasinmha,
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Navanatna (Nine Jewels) n tho tcunt d ChandhagutaT (Viamactn)

C9 Genm6)
freld Conttibuthons
Name
Shakutala, Meghdhoby Malavikgninitre
.Kaltdasa Poebry Veknamorvashijam, Kumansambhavam,

t h s amhaa,Raghuvamshama

Apabramsa Dharnaparika, Kapulrapakta.

2. arisena Poebt'y
(dichinaay)NEgn
Amarakesha- hosatlus
3.Aman.astnha| Loxiography
Navanttakam -
medi'cine tex
4.Dranvantrt Medicine
ArehitedrureShilpeshastia
S Sank
6.Kahapanaka Rstrdogy Jyoh'shastra
Sdhantaka, Vihatsarnhita,
Vanaharmhita Asttonomy Panch
7 aghu Jataka, Vrihat Jataka
on Ashatadhgy
G omman Vonlika a tomentmy
-

. Vonnuchi
Csnammar ookib Sandrit
Mantrashastva
lg. Vrballhota. Magic
Buddhist stholan Prom Chira, during vsted vo Vibamadelyns
Fahien:
He vecotdk the proponbyhe aupta Empire,
werw hapy r d prosperous,
dhat
te peope { Mapadha
hccording to hn,
mildly and hee was no daalh penaly. ya uas doaalads
ushio ws adminitrter ed hut Yaldiptsa peopla wee
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Kumaragpta I
He was thu 80n oChandrampla 1.
also
Nalanda 1ntivemsik. fle
was
the
-

fHe founded ante o luarntna)

led as Sakr.aditya.
Caled
CA guab
He was the weshippe od harbikaya. (Munuga)
TILEs Mahndradrtp, Mahendrasimba, Ahvamedha
Mahundra

Skondaqupta
the son d Kumanagypta 2. (Vaishhavate)
He was
atlaek by tho Huns, but
-

He was able lo replse an

empîre
invasin shained h
he necwmened Huns
pmpre and acvers ely
weaed the
colrers B6M). his
altetted the eonomy.
Fmpire kgan s n aler his A67tcE dath in
-The ducline avypta
aram Bhagavat, &hankeprama Leviwaa.
Ti TdES Vhamaditya, Kkramaditya,
Narasinha aupta I (Baladtya)
He was hnse atlracted touervds bddhism
tribde to Mihirokula (Mus king) but was
-
He was pafng
He stped
dicresed hy his hoelilty truwarnds Budahism.
Beladitye suttceced in inprisring
paylng bibite. Though
,Mihirakula twnd treatheros and duove aury Brladttya
him or Maqodka
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