⚔ Conquest / annexation
Chandragupta II conquers the Western Kshatrapas
c. 395 CE – present · 📍 Ujjain
What it led to: The Guptas gained Gujarat, Malwa and the western ports.
Where it happened.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- c. 400 CE Kalidasa at the Gupta court · Gupta Empire
- c. 402 CE Iron Pillar erected · Gupta Empire
- c. 405 CE Faxian travels in India · Gupta Empire
Alive at the time
Kalidasa
active c. 400 CE
Sanskrit poet-dramatist of Abhijnanashakuntalam and Meghaduta
Vishakhadattaactive c. 400 CE
Author of the political drama Mudrarakshasa
Faxianc. 337 CE – c. 422 CE
Chinese Buddhist pilgrim who travelled through Gupta India
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🗂 Era 1
- Ancient IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- Gupta Empire & Regional PowersBelongs to this period
🏛 Kingdoms & empires 3
- Kushan Empire 30 CE – 375 CEExisted at the same time (135 years)
- Pallava Dynasty 275 CE – 897 CEExisted at the same time (275 years)
- Pushyabhuti (Vardhana) Dynasty 500 CE – 647 CEExisted at the same time (50 years)
👑 Rulers 6
- Sri Gupta 240 CE – 280 CERuled it
- Ghatotkacha 280 CE – 319 CERuled it
- Chandragupta I 319 CE – 335 CERuled it
- Samudragupta 335 CE – 375 CERuled it
- Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya) 375 CE – 415 CERuled it
- Kumaragupta I 415 CE – 455 CERuled it
👤 People 5
- Faxian c. 337 CE – c. 422 CELived under it
- Harisena active c. 350 CELived under it
- Kalidasa active c. 400 CELived under it
- Vishakhadatta active c. 400 CELived under it
- Aryabhata c. 476 CE – c. 550 CELived under it
⚔ Events 6
- Gupta era begins c. 319 CEHappened in it
- Nalanda Mahavihara founded c. 427 CEHappened in it
- Aryabhata writes the Aryabhatiya 499 CEHappened in it
- Fall of the imperial Guptas c. 550 CEHappened in it
- Sri Gupta founds the Gupta line c. 240 CEHappened in it
- Chandragupta I marries the Licchavi princess Kumaradevi c. 320 CEHappened in it
📍 Places & sites 1
- Nalanda c. 427 CEA place of this polity
🔧 Technology 3
- Zero: the Bakhshali manuscript as early as the 3rd or 4th century CEMade or discovered in this time
- Nalanda Mahavihara 3rd century BCE – 13th century CEMade or discovered in this time
- The rust-resistant iron pillar Ancient periodMade or discovered in this time
📄 Research 1
- Politics, violence and war in Kāmandaka's Nītisāra Upinder Singh · 2010Research on this topic
📚 Books 2
- India's Ancient Past R. S. SharmaRecommended reading
- A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India Upinder SinghRecommended reading