gupta empire
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Gupta Empire](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022061122/5470306fb4af9fa6148b45de/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Gupta Empire
![Page 2: Gupta Empire](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022061122/5470306fb4af9fa6148b45de/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
![Page 3: Gupta Empire](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022061122/5470306fb4af9fa6148b45de/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
The Gupta period marks an important phase in the history of ancient India.
The long and efficient rule of the Guptas made a huge impact on the political, social and cultural spheres.
The Gupta Period is also popularly known as the Golden Age of India and for the right reasons.
The rulers of the Gupta Empire were efficient administrators.
Introduction
![Page 4: Gupta Empire](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022061122/5470306fb4af9fa6148b45de/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
During this age, art and education flourished and many great discoveries were made in these fields.
Aryabhatta andVarahamihira, the two great mathematicians contributed much during this period in the field of Vedic Mathematics.
Astronomers and philosophers proposed the theory that the earth was not flat but round.
Education
Aryabhatta
Varahamihira
![Page 5: Gupta Empire](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022061122/5470306fb4af9fa6148b45de/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
• Under Chandragupta I (320-335), empire was revived in the north.
• This period is regarded as the golden age of Indian culture.
• creative architecture, sculpture, and painting. • The wall-paintings of Ajanta Cave in the central
Deccan are considered among the greatest and most powerful works of Indian art.
• The rock temple at Elephanta contains a powerful, eighteen foot statue of the three-headed Shiva, one of the principle Hindu gods.
Art and Architecture
![Page 6: Gupta Empire](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022061122/5470306fb4af9fa6148b45de/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
![Page 7: Gupta Empire](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022061122/5470306fb4af9fa6148b45de/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Ajantha Caves
![Page 8: Gupta Empire](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022061122/5470306fb4af9fa6148b45de/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Ellora Caves
![Page 9: Gupta Empire](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022061122/5470306fb4af9fa6148b45de/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Rock temple at Elephanta
![Page 10: Gupta Empire](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022061122/5470306fb4af9fa6148b45de/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
• The greatest writer of the time was Kalidasa.
• Harsha, who was a descendant of the Guptas,
• From 606-647, he ruled over an empire in northern India.
Literature
![Page 11: Gupta Empire](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022061122/5470306fb4af9fa6148b45de/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
• A famous rock-cut monastery at Ajanta consists of several chaitya halls and numerous residential viharas.
• The Gupta coins also reached classical levels :
Art and Architecture
![Page 12: Gupta Empire](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022061122/5470306fb4af9fa6148b45de/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Religion
• Both Buddhism and Hinduism were widely prevalent.
![Page 13: Gupta Empire](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022061122/5470306fb4af9fa6148b45de/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
• Chandragupta II (referred to as Vikramaditya or Chandragupta Vikramaditya) stands as one of the most powerful emperors of the Gupta empire. His rule spanned from 375 to 415 C.E.
![Page 14: Gupta Empire](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022061122/5470306fb4af9fa6148b45de/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
The nine navratans of chandraguptaII ‘s court are:
• Dhanvantari
• vetal bhatt
• Ghat karpar
• Varahamihira
• Vanaruchi
• Kalidas
• Shanku
• Amarasimha
• kshapanak