The Gupta Empire from 320-550 CE represented a golden age of Indian rule and culture after centuries of foreign invasions. Under the Gupta dynasty, strong central rule was established, repelling invaders. The empire expanded through strategic marriages and conquests under Samudragupta and Chandragupta II to span most of northern India. The Guptas promoted tolerance, patronized the arts and sciences, and oversaw advances in areas like mathematics, astronomy, medicine, and philosophy. Their rule marked an urban and economic revival, with flourishing trade and intellectual achievements that contributed to India's golden age.
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2. REVIVAL OF INDIAN NATIVE
RULE
• For 500 years prior to 320 C.E./ Indi ruled
by foreign invaders: Greeks, Persians,
Scythians, Kushans.
• By 320 Gupta family dynasty creates
strong government capable of repelling
barbarian invasions
• Chandra Gupta I first “Majaraja”
or “Great King”. Ruled 319-
335 C.E.. Unifies through
strategic marriage and conquest.
3. SamudraGupta 335-380
C.E.
§ Cakravartin or “Wheel Turner Circuit
of conquest like the sun.
§ Conquest more than 20 Kingdoms t
re-instated his defeated enemies as
tributary kings. Skilled statesman.
§ Built army and even navy.
§ Devout Hindu worshipper of Vishnu.
Rived ancient Vedic rites such as
Horse Sacrifice.
§ Yet tolerant of Buddhism.
§ Wealth “rightfully acquired.” Not
oppressive.
§ Great patron of literature and arts.
4. Chandragupta II 380 -
413
Built coast-to coast empire. Emphasized alliances
and strategic marriages. Created new Western
capital Ujjain. Height of Empire.
Master of compromise in politics, diplomacy,
religion.
Tolerance of Buddhism and Jainism.
Built monasteries and gave government posts to
religious minorities.
Built efficient bureaucracy.
Chinese pilgrims report absence of corporal
punishment, poll or land taxes. Fixed salaries for
soldiers.
5. LATER EMPERORS
• Generally considered less
brilliant than Chandra Gupta I
and II and Samudra Gupta.
• Possible exception : Skanda
Gupta. Crushed rebellion of
Pushyamitra tribe and was able
to hold off threat of invading
Huns.
• Wars however drained empires
wealth, contributing to decline.
Internal dissension increases.
• Huns returned and over -ran
empire by 500 C.E.. Gupta kings
resisted until last regin , 540-
550.
6. GUPTA SOCIAL ORDER
• Guptas, despite tolerance, were profoundly conservative in
social questions.
• Upheld caste system.
• Peasants forced to stay on their land. No mobility.
• Emphasis on harmony and balance.
• Ex. Kalidasa: love follows caste lines.
• Economic complexity -> sub-caste, or jati , based on
occupation
• Connected: rise of guilds, organizations which supervise an
industry's wages and prices, provide welfare for needy
members and families
7. ECONOMY
• Gupta kings empower merchant vaisya caste
• Elaborate coinage system developed.
• Trade expands. Flourishing trade with Rome, China, Arabian world.
• In many cities marketplaces surge.
• But still essentially an agriculture economy
• Feudal pattern begins as kings make land grants to Brahmins. After
Gupta period, these land grants are increasingly made to Kshatriya or
warrior caste.
• Advances in agriculture: iron permits clearing of Ganges River valley
or farming.
8. URBAN LIFE
'In the market
You will see precious necklaces set out
The great central gems
And little pearls by millions;
Emeralds as dark as grass
With rays of light shooting from each stone,
Mother-of-pearl and coral:
Everything the ocean holds excepts its water."
-Kalidasa, The Cloud Messenger
9. INTELLECTUAL ADVANCES
• Translation of works of Greek astronomy into Sanskrit. By 499
past, future planet locations calculated accurately, solar year
measured.
• Geography: world longitudes redrawn, beginning in Ujjain instead
of Alexandria.
• Math : World's first effective treatises on square and cubed roots.
Numeral and decimal system developed which spread eventually
to Europe.
• Philosophy: Formal logic developed. Use of syllogism.
• Medicine: Free hospitals provided. Advances in bone-setting and
pharmacy soon adopted by Arabs and Greeks.
• Great universities of Nalanda and Vikramasila established, receive
influx of students from all the world.
12. GUPTA ART :
AJANTA
CAVE
PAINTINGS
• 29 caves in horseshoe shaped
rock ravine
• Oldest caves may date to 2nd
Century B.C.E, while other caves
made as late as 7th century C.E..
Most made 5th and 6th
centuries.
• Sponsored by Gupta-allied
Vakataka Dyansty.
13. • Some caves seem
influenced by Thereveda
Buddhist prohibition on
representing the buddha.
Above is from a series of
didactic paintings based
on the Jataka.
• Later caves trace transition
o Mahayana Buddhism.
15. GUPTA ART :
MATHURA
STYLE
• Early and
influenced style
representing the
Buddha emerges
from north Indian
city of Mathura
• Abhay Mudra
• Broad shoulders,
spread feet,
elongated body.
• Hair shaved or in
the flat spirals.
16.
17. GUPTA ARCHITECTURE
: THE STUPA
• Originally the Buddha's burial
mound. Function was remembrance-
> simply clay mound.
• Gradually becomes site of worship->
more elaborate form, with spires,
gates, walkways and sculpture
• Guptas renovate and elaborate upon
stupas from Ashoka's age.
19. HINDU TEMPLES
• Imagined as houses. Resident and owner is deity.
Priests are live-in servants.
• Sculptures adorning temples often tell stories
about they deity "inside".
• Murtis: images of deity, meant to inspire
reverence.