The Gupta Empire Marries Its Way in 320-600 AD

1. The Gupta Empire Marries Its Way in 320-600 AD

2. How the Gupta Empire was Established An important event in the Gupta Dynasty history was when the Chandra Gupta came to power by marrying the daughter of an influential royal Family. (Hays) The Gupta Empire included Magadha and the area north of it, the Gupta empire was built on the ganges river.(Beck) The Ganges, is the most influential in India, …flows 1,560 miles from the Himalayas in northern India, over the area called the Gangetic plain, through Bangladesh to the Indian ocean.(Cunningham)

3. Gupta Boundaries and Map Some Sources Say the Gupta empire lasted from 320- Roughly 600 AD Rc, Dola “Gupta Empire”

4. Chandragupta I • Came into power 320 A.D. • Founder of Gupta empire • He married the princess of the licchavi tribe to increase his power around 308 A.D • Has no relation to Chandra Gupta maurya • Chandragupta crowned himself as the “Maharajadhiraja” or “Great kings of Kings” (Axlerod) • Ruled most of present day India “Chandragupta I.” Transportation in India

5. Chandragupta II • Came into power 376 A.D. • Grandson of Chandragupta • Chandragupta ll was the third ruler of the gupta empire, his rule would be an event of classical India’s high marks (Upshur) • The empire reached its peak under Chandragupta ll • Chandragupta ll seized power by killing his older brother who inherited a vast domain from their father Samudragupta (Axelrod) “CHANDRA GUPTA II.” (sepoy)

6. Gupta Major City • Pataliputra: - (now Patna), is a city on the north bank of the Son River; once the capital of the Maurya Empire, then the capital of the Gupta Empire (Toucan Valley Publications, Inc.). “For almost a thousand years ...Pataliputra remained the capital of the Indian empires of Shaishanag, Nanda, Maurya, Sunga and Gupta dynasties” (The Statesman). • Nalanda: - ac city which was a site of a large Buddhist monastery and university, attended by students from all of Asia (Toucan Valley Publications, Inc.).

7. Government In the Gupta empire Kingless states got replaced by monarchy. The monarch would choose who their successor would be. Sometimes the successor would not always be the eldest son and they did not rule absolute. The wise king valued public opinion because this was the case in a socio-religious system called Dharma. (Hirschmann) The Gupta’s established a strong central government. This enabled a level of local control.(Hays)

8. Social Organisation (“SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE GUPTA EMPIRE.”) Social classes in the Gupta Empire were set by Hinduism, and were determined by your job in society Most indian families were patriarchal: Headed by the eldest male. All members of the family worked together to raise crops.(Beck)

9. Mahabodhi Temple: Created by the Guptas, it marks the place where the Buddha reached “enlightenment”, an event which impacted the Guptas art and architecture a lot Arts and Architecture • Most of the art the Guptas did has a strong link to religion and their beliefs. Specially Hinduism and Buddhism. • Their currency had a Gupta leader carved in it (Malaysiacoin) Gold coin, used as currency in the Gupta Empire (“Mahabodhi Temple (Bodh Gaya) Historical Facts and Pictures.”)

10. Language/ Communication Vedas: Oldest Sacred writing of any religion. The Vedas were transmitted orally for hundreds of years before actually being written down, there are many different versions of the Vedas.(Waskey) At the height of the Gupta’s, “India experienced a period of great Achievement in the arts , religious thought….”(Beck) (“The Holy Vedas: Amazon.co.uk: Vidyalankar Pandit: 9788185120546: Books.”)

11. Economics The Ganges, is economically significant. It provides irrigation waters used to fertilize crops such as : • Rice • Sugarcane • Lentils • Oil • Seeds • Potato • wheat • King issued high quality coinage in gold, silver, and copper. This wealth was based on international trade as well as Productive agriculture(Higham)

12. Work Cited Axelrod, Alan, and Charles L. Phillips. “Chandragupta II.” Dictators and Tyrants, Facts On File, 1994. History, online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=150531&itemid=WEHRC&articleId=238216. Accessed 29 May 2018. Beck, Roger B., Bleack, Linda, Krieger, Larry S., Naylor, Phillip C.Shabaka, Dahia Ibo, eds. World History: Patterns Of Interaction,III: McDougal Litell, 2007. Print. “CHANDRA GUPTA II.” Sepoy, www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/people_n2/ppersons3_n2/chandragupta.html. “Chandragupta I.” Transportation in India, www.facts-about-india.com/chandragupta-one.php. Cunningham, Jon, and Carl Waldman. “Ganges.” Encyclopedia of Exploration, Vol. 2, Facts On File, 2004. History, online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=150531&itemid=WEHRC&articleId=212970. Accessed 24 May 2018. Edwin. "Gupta Empire." World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras, ABC-CLIO, 2018, ancienthistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/596659. Accessed 28 May 2018. Hays, Jeffrey. “GUPTA EMPIRE.” Facts and Details, factsanddetails.com/india/History/sub7_1b/entry-4106.html. Higham, Charles F. W. “Gupta Dynasty.” Encyclopedia of Ancient Asian Civilizations, Facts On File, 2004. History, online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=150531&itemid=WEHRC&articleId=220601. Accessed 29 May 2018. Hirschmann, Edwin. "Gupta Empire." World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras, ABC-CLIO, 2018, ancienthistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/596659. Accessed 28 May 2018.

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