The Great Indian Empires II
Blog#18 The Gupta Empire Abstracts: Around the period of 185 BCE, the Mauryan Empire had collapsed, when the last Mauryan ruler Brihadratha, was assassinated by his army general, Pushyamitra Sunga. After the demise of the Mauryan Empire, small kingdoms arose all over India. This was a period of political disunity and chaos with various small kingdoms contesting against each other to gain dominance in North India. The unity finally came out with the rise of the Gupta Empire around 240 CE. Introduction: The period of the Guptas (240 CE to 647 CE) is marked by the creativity and great achievements in the field of education, literature, music, art, architecture and philosophy. These great achievements have led many historians to proclaim that the Gupta period was a ‘ Golden Period ’ in the history of India. Some of the most important achievement...