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Revision note: The Gupta Age and Harsha: Polity, Society, Science and Culture

  • Chandragupta I: Kumaradevi (Lichchhavi), Gupta era 319–20 CE, Maharajadhiraja
  • Samudragupta: Allahabad pillar (Harishena); northern kings uprooted, 12 southern kings captured-released; "Napoleon of India"; veena coins
  • Chandragupta II: defeated Shakas (Shakari), Prabhavati Gupta–Vakatakas, Navaratnas, Faxian, Mehrauli iron pillar
  • Kumaragupta I – Nalanda; Skandagupta – repelled Hunas, Sudarshana lake; decline by Hunas (Toramana, Mihirakula), feudatories, land grants
  • Culture: Deogarh Dashavatara temple, Ajanta, Kalidasa, Panchatantra, Amarakosha; Aryabhata, Varahamihira
  • Harsha: Kannauj, Banabhatta (Harshacharita), Xuanzang, defeated by Pulakeshin II (Aihole inscription)
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