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The Gupta age and after

320 CE – 649 CE

Key events

c. 320 CE · PataliputraChandragupta I marries the Licchavi princess Kumaradevi
c. 335 CE · PataliputraSamudragupta becomes emperor
c. 350 CE · PrayagrajSamudragupta's Prayaga prashasti
c. 380 CE · NandivardhanaGupta-Vakataka marriage alliance
c. 395 CE · UjjainChandragupta II conquers the Western Kshatrapas
c. 400 CE · UjjainKalidasa at the Gupta court
c. 402 CE · Mehrauli, DelhiIron Pillar erected
c. 405 CE · PataliputraFaxian travels in India
c. 415 CE · PataliputraKumaragupta I becomes emperor
c. 427 CE · NalandaNalanda Mahavihara founded
c. 455 CE · BhitariSkandagupta repels the Hunas
c. 467 CE · PataliputraDeath of Skandagupta
c. 480 CE · AjantaAjanta's later caves under Harishena
499 CE · Kusumapura (Pataliputra)Aryabhata writes the Aryabhatiya
c. 510 CE · EranHuna invasions under Toramana
c. 528 CE · MandsaurYashodharman defeats Mihirakula
543 CE · BadamiPulakeshin I fortifies Vatapi
c. 550 CE · MagadhaFall of the imperial Guptas
606 · ThanesarHarsha becomes king
c. 612 · KannaujHarsha makes Kannauj his capital
c. 618 · Narmada riverPulakeshin II defeats Harsha on the Narmada
634 · AiholeAihole inscription of Ravikirti
c. 636 · NalandaXuanzang studies at Nalanda
642 · BadamiNarasimhavarman I captures Vatapi
643 · KannaujHarsha's assemblies at Kannauj and Prayag
647 · KannaujDeath of Harsha

Key terms

Prashasti
A composition in praise of a king or patron, written by a poet — like Harishena's Prayaga Prashasti for Samudragupta. (NCERT Class 12, Kings, Farmers and Towns)

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