20 Facts About Gupta Empire

Gupta Empire was an ancient Indian empire which existed from the early 4th century CE to late 6th century CE.

The Gupta Empire period produced scholars such as Kalidasa, Aryabhata, Varahamihira, and Vatsyayana who made great advancements in many academic fields.

Gupta Empire eventually died out because of factors such as substantial loss of territory and imperial authority caused by their own erstwhile feudatories, as well as the invasion by the Huna peoples from Central Asia.

However, the discovery of the coins issued by a Gupta Empire ruler named Kacha have led to some debate on this topic: according to one theory, Kacha was another name for Samudragupta; another possibility is that Kacha was a rival claimant to the throne.

Gupta Empire performed the Ashvamedha ritual, which was used by the ancient Indian kings to prove their imperial sovereignty, and issued gold coins (see Coinage below) to mark this performance.

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Gupta Empire married a Kadamba princess of Kuntala and of Naga lineage, Kuberanaga.

Gupta Empire started his journey from China in 399 and reached India in 405.

From his accounts, the Gupta Empire was a prosperous period.

Gupta Empire was the founder of Nalanda University which on 15 July 2016 was declared as a UNESCO world heritage site.

Gupta Empire defeated the Pushyamitra threat, but then was faced with invading Kidarites, from the northwest.

Gupta Empire repelled a Huna attack around 455 CE, but the expense of the wars drained the empire's resources and contributed to its decline.

Utilisation of horse archers in the Gupta Empire period is evidenced on the coinage of Chandragupta II, Kumaragupta I and Prakasaditya that depicts the emperors as horse-archers.

The five arms of the Gupta Empire military included infantry, cavalry, chariot, elephants and ships.

Study of the epigraphical records of the Gupta empire shows that there was a hierarchy of administrative divisions from top to bottom.

The Gupta had trading links with the Sassanid and Byzantine Empire.

The names of the seven days in a week appeared at the start of the Gupta Empire period based on Hindu deities and planets corresponding to the Roman names.

Aryabhata, a noted mathematician-astronomer of the Gupta Empire period proposed that the earth is round and rotates about its own axis.

Gupta Empire discovered that the Moon and planets shine by reflected sunlight.

Gupta Empire period is generally regarded as a classic peak of North Indian art for all the major religious groups.

Bitargaon temple from the Gupta Empire period provide one of the earliest examples of pointed arches anywhere in the world.