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History Notes: All about Gupta Empire

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History forms a very important part of the General Awareness section of every
competitive exam. In continuation to our previous posts on History notes, here are
some very useful notes on "Gupta Empire and it's Details". Follow these notes to
excel in the upcoming Railway and SSC exams.

Gupta Empire

The start of Gupta Empire is considered by many historian from the reign of
Maharaja Shrigupta.
Chandragupta-I was the rst powerful ruler of Gupta Empire and ascended the
throne in 320 AD.
The Gupta Period from 320 AD to 550 AD is also known as the Golden Age of
India.
In the Gupta period India attained the peak of glory in every aspects starting
from science, art, literature, mathematics, astronomy and philosophy.

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Emperors of Gupta Empire

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Shrigupta and Ghatotkacha. The reign of Maharaja Shrigupta (240 AD to 280
AD) is considered by many historians to be the starting point of Gupta Empire.
Ghatotkacha succeeded his father Shrigupta and ruled from 280AD to 319 AD.

Chandragupta I

Chandragupta I was the son of Ghatotkacha and succeeded his father. He

was the rst powerful king of the dynasty. He ruled the Empire from 320 AD to
335 AD.
Chandragupta I adopted the title of Maharajadhiraja: meaning King of Kings.
He married princess Kumaradevi of neighboring kingdom Lichchhavi and
gained the control of the territory of north Bihar.
The starting of the reign of Chandragupta-I is considered by many historians
as the beginning of Gupta era.

Samudragupta and Chandragupta II

Samudragupta,succeeded his father Chandragupta I and ruled the Gupta

dynasty for about 45 years from 335 AD to 380 AD. He is also known as
'Napolean of India'.
Many historians believe that Chandragupta II was nominated by his father
Samudragupta as the next heir of Gupta Empire.But Ramagupta,the eldest son
of Samudragupta succeeded his father and became the emperor.
Chandragupta II killed him and ascended the throne. He was an extremely
powerful emperor. Chandragupta II is most commonly known as
Vikramaditya,ruled the Gupta Empire from 380 AD to 413 AD.

Other Emperors

Kumaragupta I,the son of Chandragupta II succeeded his father and ruled the
dynasty till 455 AD. After Kumaragupta I, Skandagupta succeeded his father.
He is considered to be the last of the great Gupta emperors.
He also adopted the title of Vikramaditya.
After Skandagupta, the Gupta dynasty didn't get any powerful ruler and nally
the dynasty was overpowered by the Vardhana ruler Harshavardhana.

Note:Some of the weak rulers who ruled after Skandagupta

were, Purugupta, Kumaragupta II, Budhagupta, Narasimhagupta, Kumaragupta
III, Vishnugupta, Vainyagupta and Bhanugupta.

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Fa-hien's India Visit

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Fa-hien was the rst Chinese pilgrim who visited India during the reign of
Gupta emperor Chandragupta II.

Nine Gems or Navaratnas

At the time of Vikramadityas reign, the glory of Gupta Empire reached its
peak.
A circle of famous nine persons known as Nine Gems or Navaratnas were
present in the court of Vikramaditya.

The group comprised of

Kalidasa
Vetala Bhatta
Varahamihira
Vararuchi
Amarasimha
Dhanvantari
kshapanak
Shanku
Ghatakarpura

Kalidasa

Kalidasa was a famous Sanskrit writer and poet in the court of Chandragupta
II (Vikramaditya).
Kalidasa was the author of three famous plays.
Abhijnanasakuntalam : tells the story of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala
Malavikagnimitram tells the story love of King Agnimitra with Malavika
Vikramorvasiyam tells the love story of King Pururavas and celestial fairy
Urvashi
Kalidasa was also the author of two famous Sanskrit epic poems:
Raghuvamsa ("Raghu Dynasty ") and
Kumarasambhava.

Vetala Bhatta

Vetala Bhatta was a Brahmin in the court of Vikramaditya.

He is known for his contribution of "Nitipradipa ".

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Varahamihira
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Varahamihira was an Indian astronomer, astrologer and mathematician of Gupta
era.
He is famously known for his great work Pancha Siddhantika,a book on
mathematical astronomy.
His other important contribution to the Indian Sanskrit literature is the Brihat-
Samhita, an encyclopedia of astrology and other subjects of human interest.

Vararuci

Vararuci was one of the nine Gems in the court of Chandragupta II of Gupta era.

Amarasimha

Amarasimha was one of the nine Gems in the court of Vikramaditya of Gupta era.
He is notably known for his famous Sanskrit thesaurus Amarakosha.
It is also known as Namalinganushasana.

Dhanvantari

Dhanvantari is regarded as one of the worlds rst surgeons and medical

practitioner from Gupta era.
He is considered as the origin exponent of Ayurveda.
He is also worshipped as the God of Medicine.
Sushruta, the author of famous Sushruta Samhita was the student of
Dhanvantari.
He is also credited for the discovery of the antiseptic properties of turmeric and
the preservative properties of salt.
Dhanvantri is considered to be the pioneer of modern plastic surgery.

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Please tell us more Chandragupta maurya and his wives
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Samsol Jan 15
Regarding 3rd point from bottom:
Sushrut was under the patronage of Kanishka(~78AD)
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