He established the first territorial empire in ancient india, covering most of the indian subcontinent. Although lower of the arts, samudra had a warlike side. Many were overrun by the hunas and other central asian nomads. They had trade routes going to the eastern hemisphere, middle east, and the mediterranean world. Small kingdoms vied with each other for the heritage of guptas. The mauryan empire helped the spread of buddhism and set. Aryan age ends with invasion of darius and alexander. They had ships that went around the arabian sea, china seas, and indian ocean. Almost every upsc topper has repeated the importance of reading ncert school texts. Originating from the kingdom of magadha in the indogangetic plains modern. Base of a buddha image with adorants from mathura, c. View essay maurya and gupta india 6th period from che 350 at university of texas. Large scale displacement of peoples continued for some time.
Accor ding to other sour ces, chandragupta maurya was the son of a nanda prince and a dasi called mura. Read and learn for free about the following article. The post gupta period in northern india saw the emergence of regional kingdoms, mostly derived from the feudatories of the guptas. A gateway for invasions of the indian subcontinent, between. Their position preceding and directly after the dark ages serves to highlight this point due to the foreign invasions. Mauryan empire and gupta empire, society, cultural diffrence. Maurya and gupta empires katy independent school district. Indian artists of the maurya and gupta periods created great works of art, often of this kind sanskirt most of the literature created during the maurya and gupta periods was written in this language. The gupta empire stretched across northern, central and parts of southern india between c. Northern india was divided into four kingdoms of later guptas of magadha, the. Architecture from the maurya and gupta periods can only be.
This was a period of great developments in science, in india, especially in astronomy and. Chandragupta mauryas origins wer e shr ouded in mystery. With the help of kautilya or chanakya, chandragupta maurya. It lasted from about 321 to 185 bce and was the first empire to encompass most of the indian subcontinent. Before the mauryan empire, the indian subcontinent was fragmented into hundreds of kingdoms that were ruled by powerful regional chiefs who engaged in. D, asm, tte, food sub inspector, wb police, gram panchayat, postal assistant. The political scene in india from the decline of the guptas until the rise of harsha was bewildering. The constituents of central government were the king, the council of ministers and the high officials. They were called the hunas, and were related to the huns that invaded rome. This period is particularly memorable for the compilation of the amarakosha by amarasimha, who was a luminary in the court of chandragupta ii. Comprising the majority of south asia, the maurya empire was centralized by the conquest of the indogangetic plain, and its capital city was located at pataliputra modern patna. These are texts which help to build the fundamentals. Buddhist and jaina literature in sanskrit were also written during the gupta period buddhist scholars arya deva, arya asanga and vasubandhu of the gupta period were the most notable writers. As per chankayas advice, chandra gupta maurya then invited seleucus for a meeting and then proposal for alliance of helena and chandragupta was kept.
Mauryan empire was in india, yet the gupta dynasty was successful in creating an empire that is significant in the history of india. It extends through the reigns of chandragupta i, samudragupta, chandragupta ii, vikramaditya, kumaragupta and skandagupta. Iron age was the start of this great empire and covered the almost whole indian subcontinent geographically. He was the fountainhead of all civil and military administration. The gupta empire was an ancient indian empire existing from the midtolate 3rd century ce to 543 ce. In this article, we will be dealing with the important points filtered out from ncert school text for standard 6 history. Life in gupta period green valley educational institute. Ad 335375 and successor to chandra gupta i is considered to be one of the greatest military geniuses in indian history according to historian v. The gupta period really marks an epoch as it gave an impetus to the revival of national spirit which manifested itself in almost every aspect of the life of the nation. The long and efficient rule of the guptas made a huge impact on the political, social and cultural sphere. What was the life of an average folk like during gupta and. Architecture from the maurya and gupta periods can only be studied with ancient texts.
The gupta period in indian history is termed as the golden age of india. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. Ncert texts are a must read for every upsc aspirant and are available for free download from ncert. E chandra gupta founded gupta empire hindu revival. Chandragupta maurya may have been born in the powerful kingdom of. Indias maurya and gupta empires had many things in common.
Increased centralized govt control over regional kingdoms large army of 700,000. Post mauryan, pre gupta period general knowledge 185 bc 319 bc sunga dynasty kanva dynasty satavahana dynasty chedi dynasty the sakas the parthians the kushans sunga dynasty 187 to 73 bc. In conclusion i believe the mauryan and gupta periods are seen as the height of early indian civilizations mainly due to the fact that they were ruled by indian ruler. Having been br ought up by peacock tamers, he could be of low cas te birth. How% dideuropeanscometo% learn%about% the %hindu% indiannumerals. Important general knowledge multiple choice question with answer. Lesson 3 eries public schools eries public schools. If youre behind a web filter, please make sure that the domains. I just found a article on the life of people in ancient india. In the sphere of religion, the activities of the conspicuously free form any trace of religious tyranny, intolerance and persecution.
The wonderful literature was produced in prose, poetry, drama, and grammar. E chandragupta maurya founded mauryan empire hindu smaller aryan kingdoms unified. Ashoka and the mauryan empire the mauryan dynasty was founded by chandragupta maurya in 320 bc after defeating the incumbent nanda dynasty. The only difference is the area of land they have control over. It%was%during% the % guptaempirethatthe% numberzerowas invented. Like the maurya empire, agriculture was significant in the gupta empire too.
The maurya empire was a geographically extensive iron age historical power based in magadha and founded by chandragupta maurya which dominated the indian subcontinent between 322 and 185 bce. Gk gupta period questions with answers objective mcq. The maurya and gupta empires if youre seeing this message, it means were having trouble loading external resources on our website. The period of the gupta empire was a time of great learning. Politics founded by chandragupta maurya 324 to 301 b. Gupta period was considered as the golden phase of indian literature. This period is considered as the golden age of india by some historians. The mauryan the gupta empires were the most successful empires of ancient india. The founder of the sunga dynasty is pushyamitra sunga. Indian history before the seventh century was not dated. Pdf candragupta maurya and his importance for indian history.
The maurya and gupta empires had a bunch of different trade routes. It was one of the greatest empires recorded in india history. Chandragupta maurya, who founded the mauryan empire, the third king of the. Maurya 10the division of mauryan society into seven classes was particularly mentined inkautilya arthashastra ashokan edicts the purans the indica of megasthenes answer. The objective or multiple questions of the gupta empire, discussed here are very important for the various types of competitive examinations like railway, government jobs interview, banking exam, staff selection commission or ssc, cgl, etc. Maurya empire was the great empire to flourish in india. After the decline of the gupta empire, north india broke into a number of separate hindu kingdoms and was not really unified again until the coming of the muslims in the 7c. Over the next 100 years, the gupta empire broke into small kingdoms.
A powerful army and a peaceful environment as from the mauryan dynasty, and a golden age for the gupta dynasty, where they come up with many mathematical and scientific concepts, like a solar year, pi, and zero. Originating from the kingdom of magadha in the indogangetic plains modern bihar, eastern uttar pradesh and bengal in the eastern side of the indian subcontinent, the. Classical 500 bce500 ce india empires gupta and mauryan. Five centuries of conflict followed until the gupta guptuh family took control. They both ruled much of what is now india, and shared the same capitol city. There were four major kingdoms in north india between the period in which the guptas declines and the rise of harsha i.
These questions are the part of previous year paper. The gupta 320 ad to about 500 ad empire existed at about the same time as the roman empire. This study attempts to investigate into the bondage of companionship between chanakya c. The maurya and gupta empires in india the maurya empire was a geographically extensive and powerful empire in ancient india, ruled by the mauryan dynasty from 321 to 185 bc.
The gupta empire like the mauryas, the guptas began as leaders in magadha. Maurya and gupta india 6th period hamza khan 1st period. History life in gupta period importance of the guptas in indian history the rise of the guptas has its own significance in indian history. These kind of questions would be helpful in preparing for exams like ias, pcs, upsc, nda, cds ssc, rrb, psc, ibps. Class 11 th arts the mauryan period mauryan or chandragupta maurya s administration 1. Though the gupta empire was not widespread as the maurya empire, but it was successful in. Postmauryan, pregupta period general knowledge 185 bc 319 bc sunga dynasty kanva dynasty satavahana dynasty chedi dynasty the sakas the parthians the kushans sunga dynasty 187 to 73 bc. The founder of this great dynasty is chandragupta maurya along with the help of his guru chanakya.
The maurya empire became a very powerful forming one of the first centralized government with a large standing army of 700,000 men and 9000 elephants in the indian subcontinent. It%was%during%the% guptaempirethatthe% numberzerowas invented. Media in category art of the gupta period the following 167 files are in this category, out of 167 total. Story of chandragupta maurya and helenaa love story or. Northern india was overrun by a series of invaders, and. The lack of written records and other material certainly breaks the continuity at several points yet the practices of the ancient and the vedic periods exists till today as traditions. The decline of the gupta dynasty a little after the fifth century a. Maurya period questions and answers exams contains the questions from various competitive exams. Gupta empire 320 ce535 ce after chandra gupta ii died in 415 ce, new invaders threatened northern india. He expanded the empire through 40 years of conquest.
After the gupta period, india was divided into different small and medium kingdoms. The maurya empire starts in 321 bce but really kicks off in 265 bce when asoka takes the thrown. Study and analysis of gupta empire in the history of india. Maurya and gupta empire india history by hannah and bri. Feudatories and subjugated powers declared their independence and made way for emergence of small kingdoms. It was during 305 bc when seleucuss army met with chandra gupta mauryas in a battle where seleucus was defeated. How% dideuropeanscometo% learn%about%the%hindu% indiannumerals. Gupta period is one of the most important period in indian history. Daily life in india the gupta era is the first period for which historians have. The gupta period marks the important phase in the history of ancient india. First of all it struck a blow to the foreign rule of the sakas and the kushans and established a national empire. The center power of the mauryan empire was the king, but priests did have some political power.
What is the relationship between the gupta dynasty and the. At its zenith, from approximately 319 to 543 ce, it covered much of the indian subcontinent. The indica of megasthenes 11kautilya arthashastra is a book oneconomic relations principle and practice of statecraft. Chandragupta i was a king of the gupta dynasty, who ruled in northern india. A coin from the period of indian emperor samudragupta, 335380 ce, depicting his parents, king chandragupta. The capital of the mauryan empire was the walled and moated city of. The mauryan empire is considered one of the greatest periods in indian history. India and china establish empires community unit school district. United northern india politically for the very first.