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	Guptas were originally from [[Magadha]].		Guptas were originally from [[Magadha]].<ref>{{unbulleted list
			\| {{Citation \|last=Mackay \|first=James \|title=The Complete Illustrated Guide to Coins & Coin Collecting \|date=2006 \|publisher=Hermes House \|isbn=978-0-681-45952-6 \|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780681459526/page/29/mode/1up \|quote=A Magadha (Bihar) kingdom, with its capital at Patna, emerged in the late 3rd century AD under Srigupta founder of a dynasty that lasted for 300 years. His grandson, Chandragupta 1 (305-25), created the splendid Gupta Empire.}}
			\| {{Citation \|last=Brown \|first=C. J. \|title=Coins of India \|date=1999 \|publisher=Asian Educational Services \|isbn=978-81-206-0345-5 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O-d497CKID0C \|quote=The territory which the Guptas are first found ruling lay near Pāțaliputra, the modern Patna; it was much enlarged by one Gupta, on the decline of the Kushāņa power in its eastern territories}}
			\| {{Citation \|last=Gupta \|first=L.C. \|title=Silver coins of Sri Gupta \|date=1994 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sTVmAAAAMAAJ \|quote=...the historicity of Sri Gupta's political career around Magadha}}
			\| {{Citation \|last=Higham \|first=Charles \|title=Encyclopedia of Ancient Asian Civilizations \|date=2014 \|publisher=Infobase \|isbn=978-1-4381-0996-1 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H1c1UIEVH9gC \|quote=The Gupta empire had its genesis under King Srigupta (270-290 C.E.), who ruled one of the many small kingdoms in the Ganga (Ganges) Valley in India from his capital at Pataliputra}}
			\| {{Citation \|last=Ishikawa \|first=Ken \|title=The Global Connections of Gandhāran Art \|date=2020 \|publisher=Classical Art Research Centre \|isbn=978-1-78969-696-7 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JZf6DwAAQBAJ \|quote=Ruling from the Magadha Kingdom in the lower Gangetic Valley, the imperial Guptas were the second pan-Indian state in history}}
			\| {{Citation \|last=Thapar \|first=Romila \|title=The Past Before Us \|date=2013 \|publisher=Harvard University Press \|isbn=978-0-674-72652-9 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ScYJAQAAQBAJ \|quote=There is some evidence of interest during the Gupta period in forms created during Mauryan times. This may have arisen from a curiosity about antecedent dynasties and their artifacts, originating in approximately the same area in which the beginnings of Gupta power were located. For both the Mauryas and the Guptas, Pāțaliputra was an important city.}}
			\| {{Citation \|last=Hart-Davis \|first=Adam \|title=History \|date=2010 \|publisher=DK \|isbn=978-0-7566-6596-8 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UZo0AwEACAAJ \|quote=the region of Magadha gave birth to another great dynasty and empire, the Guptas }}
			\| {{Citation \|last=Kumar Maity \|first=Sachindra \|title=The Imperial Guptas and Their Times \|date=1975 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1XI_AAAAMAAJ \|quote=the founder of this dynasty was Mahārāja Sri Gupta who was apparently a subordinate ruler and ruling somewhere near Magadha.}}
			\| {{harvnb\|Keay\|2000\|p=[https://archive.org/details/indiahistory00keay/page/134/mode/1up 134]\|ps=: "Sri Gupta was probably not a Buddhist but was raja of some minor polity near or within erstwhile Magadha."}}
			\| {{Citation \|last=Jha \|first=D. N. \|title=Ancient India: In Historical Outline \|date=1998 \|publisher=Manohar Publishers & Distributors \|isbn=978-81-7304-266-9 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tUluAAAAMAAJ \|quote=Guptas... political control in the region of Magadha.}}
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	The first evidence of Gupta connection with Magadha comes from a foreign source. The Chinese traveller [[Yijing (monk)\|I-tsing]], who came to India in A.D. 672 heard of Mahārāja Śrī-Gupta (Che-li-ki-to) who built a temple near [[Mṛgaśikhāvana\|Mrigaśikhāvana]] for Chinese pilgrims and endowed it with 24 villages.<ref>{{cite book \|author=Radhakumud Mookerji \|author-link=Radhakumud Mookerji \|title=The Gupta Empire\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uYXDB2gIYbwC \|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ. \|year=1989 \|isbn=81-208-0089-3 \|page=11}}</ref>{{sfn\|H.C. Raychaudhuri\|1923\|p=271}}		The first evidence of Gupta connection with Magadha comes from a foreign source. The Chinese traveller [[Yijing (monk)\|I-tsing]], who came to India in A.D. 672 heard of Mahārāja Śrī-Gupta (Che-li-ki-to) who built a temple near [[Mṛgaśikhāvana\|Mrigaśikhāvana]] for Chinese pilgrims and endowed it with 24 villages.<ref>{{cite book \|author=Radhakumud Mookerji \|author-link=Radhakumud Mookerji \|title=The Gupta Empire\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uYXDB2gIYbwC \|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ. \|year=1989 \|isbn=81-208-0089-3 \|page=11}}</ref>{{sfn\|H.C. Raychaudhuri\|1923\|p=271}}

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	Guptas were originally from [[Magadha]].<ref>{{Citation \|last=Mackay \|first=James \|title=The Complete Illustrated Guide to Coins & Coin Collecting \|date=2006 \|publisher=Hermes House \|isbn=978-0-681-45952-6 \|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780681459526/page/29/mode/1up \|quote=A Magadha (Bihar) kingdom, with its capital at Patna, emerged in the late 3rd century AD under Srigupta founder of a dynasty that lasted for 300 years. His grandson, Chandragupta 1 (305-25), created the splendid Gupta Empire.}}</ref><ref>{{Citation \|last=Brown \|first=C. J. \|title=Coins of India \|date=1999 \|publisher=Asian Educational Services \|isbn=978-81-206-0345-5 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O-d497CKID0C \|quote=The territory which the Guptas are first found ruling lay near Pāțaliputra, the modern Patna; it was much enlarged by one Gupta, on the decline of the Kushāņa power in its eastern territories}}</ref><ref>{{Citation \|last=Gupta \|first=L.C. \|title=Silver coins of Sri Gupta \|date=1994 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sTVmAAAAMAAJ \|quote=...the historicity of Sri Gupta's political career around Magadha}}</ref><ref>{{Citation \|last=Higham \|first=Charles \|title=Encyclopedia of Ancient Asian Civilizations \|date=2014 \|publisher=Infobase \|isbn=978-1-4381-0996-1 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H1c1UIEVH9gC \|quote=The Gupta empire had its genesis under King Srigupta (270-290 C.E.), who ruled one of the many small kingdoms in the Ganga (Ganges) Valley in India from his capital at Pataliputra}}</ref><ref>{{Citation \|last=Ishikawa \|first=Ken \|title=The Global Connections of Gandhāran Art \|date=2020 \|publisher=Classical Art Research Centre \|isbn=978-1-78969-696-7 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JZf6DwAAQBAJ \|quote=Ruling from the Magadha Kingdom in the lower Gangetic Valley, the imperial Guptas were the second pan-Indian state in history}}</ref><ref>{{Citation \|last=Thapar \|first=Romila \|title=The Past Before Us \|date=2013 \|publisher=Harvard University Press \|isbn=978-0-674-72652-9 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ScYJAQAAQBAJ \|quote=There is some evidence of interest during the Gupta period in forms created during Mauryan times. This may have arisen from a curiosity about antecedent dynasties and their artifacts, originating in approximately the same area in which the beginnings of Gupta power were located. For both the Mauryas and the Guptas, Pāțaliputra was an important city.}}</ref><ref>{{Citation \|last=Hart-Davis \|first=Adam \|title=History \|date=2010 \|publisher=DK \|isbn=978-0-7566-6596-8 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UZo0AwEACAAJ \|quote=the region of Magadha gave birth to another great dynasty and empire, the Guptas }}</ref><ref>{{Citation \|last=Kumar Maity \|first=Sachindra \|title=The Imperial Guptas and Their Times \|date=1975 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1XI_AAAAMAAJ \|quote=the founder of this dynasty was Mahārāja Sri Gupta who was apparently a subordinate ruler and ruling somewhere near Magadha.}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb\|Keay\|2000\|p=[https://archive.org/details/indiahistory00keay/page/134/mode/1up 134]\|ps=: "Sri Gupta was probably not a Buddhist but was raja of some minor polity near or within erstwhile Magadha."}}</ref><ref>{{Citation \|last=Jha \|first=D. N. \|title=Ancient India: In Historical Outline \|date=1998 \|publisher=Manohar Publishers & Distributors \|isbn=978-81-7304-266-9 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tUluAAAAMAAJ \|quote=Guptas... political control in the region of Magadha.}}</ref>{{excessive citations inline\|date=June 2025}}		Guptas were originally from [[Magadha]].
	The first evidence of Gupta connection with Magadha comes from a foreign source. The Chinese traveller [[Yijing (monk)\|I-tsing]], who came to India in A.D. 672 heard of Mahārāja Śrī-Gupta (Che-li-ki-to) who built a temple near [[Mṛgaśikhāvana\|Mrigaśikhāvana]] for Chinese pilgrims and endowed it with 24 villages.<ref>{{cite book \|author=Radhakumud Mookerji \|author-link=Radhakumud Mookerji \|title=The Gupta Empire\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uYXDB2gIYbwC \|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ. \|year=1989 \|isbn=81-208-0089-3 \|page=11}}</ref>{{sfn\|H.C. Raychaudhuri\|1923\|p=271}}		The first evidence of Gupta connection with Magadha comes from a foreign source. The Chinese traveller [[Yijing (monk)\|I-tsing]], who came to India in A.D. 672 heard of Mahārāja Śrī-Gupta (Che-li-ki-to) who built a temple near [[Mṛgaśikhāvana\|Mrigaśikhāvana]] for Chinese pilgrims and endowed it with 24 villages.<ref>{{cite book \|author=Radhakumud Mookerji \|author-link=Radhakumud Mookerji \|title=The Gupta Empire\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uYXDB2gIYbwC \|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ. \|year=1989 \|isbn=81-208-0089-3 \|page=11}}</ref>{{sfn\|H.C. Raychaudhuri\|1923\|p=271}}

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	\| religion = {{unbulleted list\|[[Vaishnavism\| ~~Vaishnav~~ Hinduism]] (official)<ref name="GuptaReligion">'''Gupta's patronized sects'''		\| religion = {{unbulleted list\|[[Vaishnavism\| Vaishnava Hinduism]] (official)<ref name="GuptaReligion">'''Gupta's patronized sects'''
	*Hinduism [Vaishnavism] :		*Hinduism [Vaishnavism] :
	**{{Cite book \|last=Sharma \|first=Tej Ram \|url=https://archive.org/details/personalgeograph00sharuoft/page/112/mode/1up \|title=Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions \|date=1978 \|location=Delhi \|publisher=Concept \|page=112 \|quote=An indication of the leaning of the Gupta kings towards Vaisnavism is clear from the Garuda emblem of the Guptas. The Gupta monarchs also used the title 'Paramabhāgavata' i.e.; the devout devotee of Visnu, in their imperial records.}}		**{{Cite book \|last=Sharma \|first=Tej Ram \|url=https://archive.org/details/personalgeograph00sharuoft/page/112/mode/1up \|title=Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions \|date=1978 \|location=Delhi \|publisher=Concept \|page=112 \|quote=An indication of the leaning of the Gupta kings towards Vaisnavism is clear from the Garuda emblem of the Guptas. The Gupta monarchs also used the title 'Paramabhāgavata' i.e.; the devout devotee of Visnu, in their imperial records.}}
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	The '''Gupta Empire''' was an Indian empire during the classical period of the [[Indian subcontinent]] which existed from the mid 3rd century to mid 6th century CE. At its ~~zenith~~, the dynasty ruled over an empire that spanned much of the northern Indian subcontinent.<ref name=gd>{{Cite web \|date=29 October 2009 \|title=Gupta Dynasty \|url=http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761571624/Gupta_Dynasty.html \|access-date=30 November 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029013809/http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761571624/Gupta_Dynasty.html \|archive-date=29 October 2009 \|quote="The dynasty controlled an empire stretching across north India at its peak in the 5th century."}}</ref> This period has been considered as the [[Golden Age of India]] by some historians,<ref>N. Jayapalan, ''History of India'', Vol. I, (Atlantic Publishers, 2001), 130.</ref> although this characterisation has been disputed by others.{{#tag:ref\|According to [[D. N. Jha]], caste distinctions became more entrenched and rigid during this time, as prosperity and the favour of the law accrued the top of the social scale, while the lower orders were degraded further.<ref>{{Cite book \|title=Ancient India in Historical Outline \|last=Jha \|first=D.N. \|publisher=Manohar Publishers and Distributors \|year=2002 \|isbn=978-81-7304-285-0 \|location=Delhi \|pages=149–73}}</ref>\|group=note}}<ref>{{harvnb\|Pletcher\|2011\|p=90}}: "Historians once regarded the Gupta period (c.320–540) as the classical age of India [...] It was also thought to have been an age of material prosperity, particularly among the urban elite [...] Some of these assumptions have been questioned by more-extensive studies of the post-Mauryan, pre-Gupta period. Archaeological evidence from the earlier [[Kushan Empire\|Kushan]] levels suggests greater material prosperity, to such a degree that some historians argue for an urban decline in the Gupta period."</ref>{{sfn\|Stein\|2010\|p=86-87}} The ruling dynasty of the empire was founded by [[Gupta (king)\|Gupta]].<ref>{{Cite book \|last=V.D \|first=Mahajan \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7TJlDwAAQBAJ&dq=sri+gupta&pg=PA360 \|title=Ancient India \|publisher=S. Chand Publishing \|isbn=978-93-5253-132-5 \|language=en}}</ref>		The '''Gupta Empire''' was an Indian empire during the classical period of the [[Indian subcontinent]] which existed from the mid 3rd century to mid 6th century CE. At its peak, the dynasty ruled over an empire that spanned much of the northern Indian subcontinent.<ref name=gd>{{Cite web \|date=29 October 2009 \|title=Gupta Dynasty \|url=http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761571624/Gupta_Dynasty.html \|access-date=30 November 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029013809/http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761571624/Gupta_Dynasty.html \|archive-date=29 October 2009 \|quote="The dynasty controlled an empire stretching across north India at its peak in the 5th century."}}</ref> This period has been considered as the [[Golden Age of India]] by some historians,<ref>N. Jayapalan, ''History of India'', Vol. I, (Atlantic Publishers, 2001), 130.</ref> although this characterisation has been disputed by others.{{#tag:ref\|According to [[D. N. Jha]], caste distinctions became more entrenched and rigid during this time, as prosperity and the favour of the law accrued the top of the social scale, while the lower orders were degraded further.<ref>{{Cite book \|title=Ancient India in Historical Outline \|last=Jha \|first=D.N. \|publisher=Manohar Publishers and Distributors \|year=2002 \|isbn=978-81-7304-285-0 \|location=Delhi \|pages=149–73}}</ref>\|group=note}}<ref>{{harvnb\|Pletcher\|2011\|p=90}}: "Historians once regarded the Gupta period (c.320–540) as the classical age of India [...] It was also thought to have been an age of material prosperity, particularly among the urban elite [...] Some of these assumptions have been questioned by more-extensive studies of the post-Mauryan, pre-Gupta period. Archaeological evidence from the earlier [[Kushan Empire\|Kushan]] levels suggests greater material prosperity, to such a degree that some historians argue for an urban decline in the Gupta period."</ref>{{sfn\|Stein\|2010\|p=86-87}} The ruling dynasty of the empire was founded by [[Gupta (king)\|Gupta]].<ref>{{Cite book \|last=V.D \|first=Mahajan \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7TJlDwAAQBAJ&dq=sri+gupta&pg=PA360 \|title=Ancient India \|publisher=S. Chand Publishing \|isbn=978-93-5253-132-5 \|language=en}}</ref>

	The high points of ~~this~~ period are the great cultural developments which took place primarily during the reigns of [[Samudragupta]], [[Chandragupta II]] and [[Kumaragupta I]]. Many [[Hinduism\|Hindu]] [[Hindu epics\|epics]] and [[Hindu literature\|literary]] sources, such as the ''[[Mahabharata]]'' and ''[[Ramayana]]'', were canonised during this period.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/249590/Gupta-dynasty Gupta dynasty (Indian dynasty)] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330100325/https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/249590/Gupta-dynasty \|date=30 March 2010 }}. Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21 November 2011.</ref> The Gupta period produced scholars such as [[Kalidasa]],<ref>{{Cite book \|url=https://archive.org/details/indiahistory00keay/page/151 \|title=India: A history \|last=Keay \|first=John \|publisher=Atlantic Monthly Press \|year=2000 \|isbn=978-0-87113-800-2 \|pages=[https://archive.org/details/indiahistory00keay/page/151 151–52] \|quote=Kalidasa wrote ... with excellence which, by unanimous consent, justifies the inevitable comparisons with Shakespeare ... When and where Kalidasa lived remains a mystery. He acknowledges no links with the Guptas; he may not even have coincided with them ... but the poet's vivid awareness of the terrain of the entire subcontinent argues strongly for a Guptan provenance. \|author-link=John Keay }}</ref> [[Aryabhata]], [[Varahamihira]] and [[Vatsyayana]], who made significant advancements in many academic fields.{{sfn\|Vidya Dhar Mahajan\|1990\|p=540}}<ref name="Keay">{{harvnb\|Keay\|2000\|p=[https://archive.org/details/indiahistory00keay/page/132 132]\|ps=: "The great era of all that is deemed classical in Indian literature, art and science was now dawning. It was this crescendo of creativity and scholarship, as much as ... political achievements of the Guptas, which would make their age so golden."}}</ref><ref>[https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic-art/285248/1960/The-Gupta-empire-at-the-end-of-the-4th-century Gupta dynasty: empire in 4th century] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330103811/https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic-art/285248/1960/The-Gupta-empire-at-the-end-of-the-4th-century \|date=30 March 2010 }}. Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21 November 2011.</ref> [[History of science and technology in the Indian subcontinent\|Science]] and political administration reached new heights during the [[Gupta era]].<ref name="Keay"/> The period, sometimes described as ''[[Pax Gupta]]'', gave rise to achievements in architecture, sculpture, and painting that "set standards of form and taste [that] determined the whole subsequent course of art, not only in [[Indian subcontinent\|India]] but far beyond her borders".{{sfn\|J.C. Harle\|1994\|p=87}} Strong trade ties also made the region an important cultural centre and established the region as a base that would influence nearby kingdoms and regions in India and [[Southeast Asia]].{{citation needed\|date=December 2024}} The [[Puranas]], earlier long poems on a variety of subjects, are also thought to have been committed to written texts around this period.{{sfn\|J.C. Harle\|1994\|p=87}}<ref name="Dikshitar 1993">{{Cite book\|last=Dikshitar\|first=V. R. Ramachandra\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KP_DTtd6kJEC&pg=PA199\|title=The Gupta Polity\|date=1993\|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ.\|isbn=978-81-208-1024-2\|language=en\|access-date=1 July 2020\|archive-date=2 August 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802225920/https://books.google.com/books?id=KP_DTtd6kJEC&pg=PA199\|url-status=live}}</ref> Hinduism was followed by the rulers and the Brahmins flourished in the Gupta empire but the Guptas were tolerant towards people of other faiths as well.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Sen \|first1=Sailendra Nath \|title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC&q=indus \|publisher=New Age International \|year=1999 \|orig-year=First published 1988 \|edition=2nd \|isbn=978-81-224-1198-0 \|page=227 \|access-date=30 August 2020 \|archive-date=7 May 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507000807/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Ancient_Indian_History_and_Civilization/Wk4_ICH_g1EC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=indus \|url-status=live}}</ref>		The high points of the period are the great cultural developments which took place primarily during the reigns of [[Samudragupta]], [[Chandragupta II]] and [[Kumaragupta I]]. Many [[Hinduism\|Hindu]] [[Hindu epics\|epics]] and [[Hindu literature\|literary]] sources, such as the ''[[Mahabharata]]'' and ''[[Ramayana]]'', were canonised during this period.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/249590/Gupta-dynasty Gupta dynasty (Indian dynasty)] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330100325/https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/249590/Gupta-dynasty \|date=30 March 2010 }}. Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21 November 2011.</ref> The Gupta period produced scholars such as [[Kalidasa]],<ref>{{Cite book \|url=https://archive.org/details/indiahistory00keay/page/151 \|title=India: A history \|last=Keay \|first=John \|publisher=Atlantic Monthly Press \|year=2000 \|isbn=978-0-87113-800-2 \|pages=[https://archive.org/details/indiahistory00keay/page/151 151–52] \|quote=Kalidasa wrote ... with excellence which, by unanimous consent, justifies the inevitable comparisons with Shakespeare ... When and where Kalidasa lived remains a mystery. He acknowledges no links with the Guptas; he may not even have coincided with them ... but the poet's vivid awareness of the terrain of the entire subcontinent argues strongly for a Guptan provenance. \|author-link=John Keay }}</ref> [[Aryabhata]], [[Varahamihira]] and [[Vatsyayana]], who made significant advancements in many academic fields.{{sfn\|Vidya Dhar Mahajan\|1990\|p=540}}<ref name="Keay">{{harvnb\|Keay\|2000\|p=[https://archive.org/details/indiahistory00keay/page/132 132]\|ps=: "The great era of all that is deemed classical in Indian literature, art and science was now dawning. It was this crescendo of creativity and scholarship, as much as ... political achievements of the Guptas, which would make their age so golden."}}</ref><ref>[https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic-art/285248/1960/The-Gupta-empire-at-the-end-of-the-4th-century Gupta dynasty: empire in 4th century] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330103811/https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic-art/285248/1960/The-Gupta-empire-at-the-end-of-the-4th-century \|date=30 March 2010 }}. Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21 November 2011.</ref> [[History of science and technology in the Indian subcontinent\|Science]] and political administration reached new heights during the [[Gupta era]].<ref name="Keay"/> The period, sometimes described as ''[[Pax Gupta]]'', gave rise to achievements in architecture, sculpture, and painting that "set standards of form and taste [that] determined the whole subsequent course of art, not only in [[Indian subcontinent\|India]] but far beyond her borders".{{sfn\|J.C. Harle\|1994\|p=87}} Strong trade ties also made the region an important cultural centre and established the region as a base that would influence nearby kingdoms and regions in India and [[Southeast Asia]].{{citation needed\|date=December 2024}} The [[Puranas]], earlier long poems on a variety of subjects, are also thought to have been committed to written texts around this period.{{sfn\|J.C. Harle\|1994\|p=87}}<ref name="Dikshitar 1993">{{Cite book\|last=Dikshitar\|first=V. R. Ramachandra\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KP_DTtd6kJEC&pg=PA199\|title=The Gupta Polity\|date=1993\|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ.\|isbn=978-81-208-1024-2\|language=en\|access-date=1 July 2020\|archive-date=2 August 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802225920/https://books.google.com/books?id=KP_DTtd6kJEC&pg=PA199\|url-status=live}}</ref> Hinduism was followed by the rulers and the Brahmins flourished in the Gupta empire but the Guptas were tolerant towards people of other faiths as well.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Sen \|first1=Sailendra Nath \|title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC&q=indus \|publisher=New Age International \|year=1999 \|orig-year=First published 1988 \|edition=2nd \|isbn=978-81-224-1198-0 \|page=227 \|access-date=30 August 2020 \|archive-date=7 May 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507000807/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Ancient_Indian_History_and_Civilization/Wk4_ICH_g1EC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=indus \|url-status=live}}</ref>

	The empire eventually died out because of factors such as substantial loss of territory and imperial authority caused by their own erstwhile feudatories, as well as the invasion by the [[Huna people]]s ([[Kidarites]] and [[Alchon Huns]]) from [[Central Asia]].{{sfn\|Ashvini Agrawal\|1989\|pp=264–69}}<ref name="Rene">{{Cite book \|title=The Empire of the Steppes \|last=Grousset \|first=Rene \|publisher=Rutgers University Press \|year=1970 \|isbn=978-0-8135-1304-1 \|page=[https://archive.org/details/empireofsteppesh00prof/page/69 69] \|url=https://archive.org/details/empireofsteppesh00prof/page/69 }}</ref> After the collapse of the Gupta Empire in the 6th century, India was again ruled by numerous regional kingdoms.		The empire eventually died out because of factors such as substantial loss of territory and imperial authority caused by their own erstwhile feudatories, as well as the invasion by the [[Huna people]]s ([[Kidarites]] and [[Alchon Huns]]) from [[Central Asia]].{{sfn\|Ashvini Agrawal\|1989\|pp=264–69}}<ref name="Rene">{{Cite book \|title=The Empire of the Steppes \|last=Grousset \|first=Rene \|publisher=Rutgers University Press \|year=1970 \|isbn=978-0-8135-1304-1 \|page=[https://archive.org/details/empireofsteppesh00prof/page/69 69] \|url=https://archive.org/details/empireofsteppesh00prof/page/69 }}</ref> After the collapse of the Gupta Empire in the 6th century, India was again ruled by numerous regional kingdoms.
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	=== Bibliography ===		=== Bibliography ===
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	* {{cite book \|author=Ashvini Agrawal \|title=Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hRjC5IaJ2zcC&pg=PA315 \|year=1989 \|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass \|isbn=978-81-208-0592-7 \|access-date=29 August 2018 \|archive-date=8 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108040744/https://books.google.com/books?id=hRjC5IaJ2zcC&pg=PA315 \|url-status=live }}		* {{cite book \|author=Ashvini Agrawal \|title=Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hRjC5IaJ2zcC&pg=PA315 \|year=1989 \|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass \|isbn=978-81-208-0592-7 \|access-date=29 August 2018 \|archive-date=8 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108040744/https://books.google.com/books?id=hRjC5IaJ2zcC&pg=PA315 \|url-status=live }}
	* {{cite book \|author=Dilip Kumar Ganguly \|title=The Imperial Guptas and Their Times \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hud2_Ie3T94C&pg=PP1 \|year=1987 \|publisher=Abhinav \|isbn=978-81-7017-222-2 \|access-date=29 August 2018 \|archive-date=8 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108201608/https://books.google.com/books?id=Hud2_Ie3T94C&pg=PP1 \|url-status=live }}		* {{cite book \|author=Dilip Kumar Ganguly \|title=The Imperial Guptas and Their Times \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hud2_Ie3T94C&pg=PP1 \|year=1987 \|publisher=Abhinav \|isbn=978-81-7017-222-2 \|access-date=29 August 2018 \|archive-date=8 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108201608/https://books.google.com/books?id=Hud2_Ie3T94C&pg=PP1 \|url-status=live }}
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	* {{cite book \|author=J.C. Harle \|title=The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent \|url=https://archive.org/details/artarchitectureo00harl \|url-access=registration \|year=1994 \|publisher=Yale University Press \|isbn=978-0-300-06217-5 }}		* {{cite book \|author=J.C. Harle \|title=The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent \|url=https://archive.org/details/artarchitectureo00harl \|url-access=registration \|year=1994 \|publisher=Yale University Press \|isbn=978-0-300-06217-5 }}
	* {{cite book \|author=R.C. Majumdar \|author-link=R. C. Majumdar \|title=A Comprehensive History of India \|volume=3, Part I: A.D. 300-985 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mRBuAAAAMAAJ \|year=1981 \|publisher=Indian History Congress / People's Publishing House \|oclc=34008529 \|pages=17–52 }}		* {{cite book \|author=R.C. Majumdar \|author-link=R. C. Majumdar \|title=A Comprehensive History of India \|volume=3, Part I: A.D. 300-985 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mRBuAAAAMAAJ \|year=1981 \|publisher=Indian History Congress / People's Publishing House \|oclc=34008529 \|pages=17–52 }}
			* {{cite book \|last1=Michell \|first1=George \|title=The Hindu Temple: An Introduction to its Meaning and Forms \|url=https://archive.org/details/hindutempleintro0000mich \|url-access=registration \|year=1988 \|orig-year=First published 1977 \|publisher=University of Chicago Press \|isbn=978-0-226-53230-1}}
			* {{cite book \|last1=Pletcher \|first1=Kenneth \|title=The History of India \|year=2011 \|publisher= Britannica Educational Publishing \|isbn=978-1-61530-201-7 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hdmcAAAAQBAJ}}
			* {{cite book \|last1=Rowland \|first1=Benjamin \|title=The Art and Architecture of India: Buddhist, Hindu, Jain \|url=https://archive.org/details/artarchitectureo0000rowl_r2z2/page/n5/mode/2up \|url-access=registration \|year=1967 \|orig-year=First published 1953 \|edition=3rd \|publisher=Penguin Books \|isbn=978-0-14-056102-9}}
	* {{cite book \|author=Shankar Goyal \|title=Problems of Ancient Indian History: New Perspectives and Perceptions \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZSVuAAAAMAAJ \|year=2001 \|publisher=Book Enclave \|isbn=978-81-87036-66-1 \|access-date=13 December 2018 \|archive-date=11 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111224901/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZSVuAAAAMAAJ \|url-status=live }}		* {{cite book \|author=Shankar Goyal \|title=Problems of Ancient Indian History: New Perspectives and Perceptions \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZSVuAAAAMAAJ \|year=2001 \|publisher=Book Enclave \|isbn=978-81-87036-66-1 \|access-date=13 December 2018 \|archive-date=11 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111224901/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZSVuAAAAMAAJ \|url-status=live }}
	* {{cite book \|author=Tej Ram Sharma \|title=A Political History of the Imperial Guptas: From Gupta to Skandagupta \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fWVZWjNAcAgC&pg=PA50 \|year=1989 \|publisher=Concept \|isbn=978-81-7022-251-4 \|access-date=29 August 2018 \|archive-date=13 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113155014/https://books.google.com/books?id=fWVZWjNAcAgC&pg=PA50 \|url-status=live }}		* {{cite book \|author=Tej Ram Sharma \|title=A Political History of the Imperial Guptas: From Gupta to Skandagupta \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fWVZWjNAcAgC&pg=PA50 \|year=1989 \|publisher=Concept \|isbn=978-81-7022-251-4 \|access-date=29 August 2018 \|archive-date=13 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113155014/https://books.google.com/books?id=fWVZWjNAcAgC&pg=PA50 \|url-status=live }}
	* {{cite book \|author=Vidya Dhar Mahajan \|author-link=Vidya Dhar Mahajan \|year=1990 \|title=A History of India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CJ2UAAAACAAJ \|publisher=State Mutual Book & Periodical Service \|isbn=978-0-7855-1191-5 \|access-date=29 August 2018 \|archive-date=10 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110060325/https://books.google.com/books?id=CJ2UAAAACAAJ \|url-status=live }}		* {{cite book \|author=Vidya Dhar Mahajan \|author-link=Vidya Dhar Mahajan \|year=1990 \|title=A History of India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CJ2UAAAACAAJ \|publisher=State Mutual Book & Periodical Service \|isbn=978-0-7855-1191-5 \|access-date=29 August 2018 \|archive-date=10 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110060325/https://books.google.com/books?id=CJ2UAAAACAAJ \|url-status=live }}
	* {{cite book \|author=Upinder Singh \|author-link=Upinder Singh \|title=Political Violence in Ancient India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dYM4DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA343 \|year=2017 \|publisher=Harvard University Press \|isbn=978-0-674-98128-7 \|access-date=13 December 2018 \|archive-date=10 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110123751/https://books.google.com/books?id=dYM4DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA343 \|url-status=live }}		* {{cite book \|author=Upinder Singh \|author-link=Upinder Singh \|title=Political Violence in Ancient India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dYM4DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA343 \|year=2017 \|publisher=Harvard University Press \|isbn=978-0-674-98128-7 \|access-date=13 December 2018 \|archive-date=10 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110123751/https://books.google.com/books?id=dYM4DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA343 \|url-status=live }}
			* {{citation\|last=Stein\|first=B.\|author-link=Burton Stein\|editor-last=Arnold\|editor-first=D.\|year=2010 \|title=A History of India\|edition=2nd\|publisher=[[Wiley-Blackwell]]\|place=Oxford\|isbn=978-1-4051-9509-6 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QY4zdTDwMAQC}}
	{{Refend}}		{{Refend}}

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	The buddhist "Cina Sanghārāma" was specially built for the use of Chinese monks near Bodhgaya by king Sri-Gupta, an ancestor of the Gupta Emperors.<ref "INDO12=>" Pg.66 The Cina Sanghārāma was specially built for the use of Chinese monks near Bodhgaya by king Sri-Gupta, an ancestor of the Gupta Emperors."{{Cite book\|page=66\|url=http://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.238415\|title=India and China\|last=Bagchi\|first=Dr Prabodh Chandra\|publisher=China Press Limited, Calcutta}}</ref>		The buddhist "Cina Sanghārāma" was specially built for the use of Chinese monks near Bodhgaya by king Sri-Gupta, an ancestor of the Gupta Emperors.<ref "INDO12=>" Pg.66 The Cina Sanghārāma was specially built for the use of Chinese monks near Bodhgaya by king Sri-Gupta, an ancestor of the Gupta Emperors."{{Cite book\|page=66\|url=http://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.238415\|title=India and China\|last=Bagchi\|first=Dr Prabodh Chandra\|publisher=China Press Limited, Calcutta}}</ref>
	[[File:Buddha in Sarnath Museum (Dhammajak Mutra).jpg\|thumb\|upright\|[[Dharmachakra Pravartana Buddha at Sarnath]] from the Gupta era, 5th century CE]]		[[File:Buddha in Sarnath Museum (Dhammajak Mutra).jpg\|thumb\|upright\|[[Dharmachakra Pravartana Buddha at Sarnath]] from the Gupta era, 5th century CE]]
	The Guptas were traditionally a [[Hindu]] dynasty.<ref name="Singh">A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India by Upinder Singh [https://books.google.com/books?id=H3lUIIYxWkEC&pg=PA521 p. 521]</ref> They were ~~orthodox~~ [[Hindus]], and allowed followers of [[Buddhism]] and [[Jainism]] to practice their religions.<ref name="Mookerji">The Gupta Empire by Radhakumud Mookerji [https://books.google.com/books?id=uYXDB2gIYbwC&pg=PA133 pp. 133–] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217042651/https://books.google.com/books?id=uYXDB2gIYbwC&pg=PA133 \|date=17 December 2019 }}</ref> [[Sanchi]] remained an important centre of Buddhism.<ref name="Mookerji" /> [[Kumaragupta I]] (455 CE) is said to have founded [[Nalanda]].<ref name="Mookerji" /> Modern genetic studies indicate that it was during the Gupta period that Indian caste groups ceased to intermarry (started practicing/enforcing [[endogamy]]).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/01/the-caste-system-has-left-its-mark-on-indians-genomes/\|title=The caste system has left its mark on Indians' genomes\|first=Annalee\|last=Newitz\|date=25 January 2016\|website=Ars Technica\|access-date=8 June 2021\|archive-date=8 June 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608015347/https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/01/the-caste-system-has-left-its-mark-on-indians-genomes/\|url-status=live}}</ref>		The Guptas were traditionally a [[Hindu]] dynasty.<ref name="Singh">A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India by Upinder Singh [https://books.google.com/books?id=H3lUIIYxWkEC&pg=PA521 p. 521]</ref> They were [[Hindus]], and allowed followers of [[Buddhism]] and [[Jainism]] to practice their religions.<ref name="Mookerji">The Gupta Empire by Radhakumud Mookerji [https://books.google.com/books?id=uYXDB2gIYbwC&pg=PA133 pp. 133–] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217042651/https://books.google.com/books?id=uYXDB2gIYbwC&pg=PA133 \|date=17 December 2019 }}</ref> [[Sanchi]] remained an important centre of Buddhism.<ref name="Mookerji" /> [[Kumaragupta I]] (455 CE) is said to have founded [[Nalanda]].<ref name="Mookerji" /> Modern genetic studies indicate that it was during the Gupta period that Indian caste groups ceased to intermarry (started practicing/enforcing [[endogamy]]).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/01/the-caste-system-has-left-its-mark-on-indians-genomes/\|title=The caste system has left its mark on Indians' genomes\|first=Annalee\|last=Newitz\|date=25 January 2016\|website=Ars Technica\|access-date=8 June 2021\|archive-date=8 June 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608015347/https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/01/the-caste-system-has-left-its-mark-on-indians-genomes/\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	Some later rulers however seem to have especially promoted [[Buddhism]]. [[Narasimhagupta Baladitya]] ({{Circa\|495}}–?), according to contemporary writer [[Paramartha]], was brought up under the influence of the [[Mahayanist]] philosopher, [[Vasubandhu]].<ref name="Singh" /> He built a [[sangharama]] at [[Nalanda]] and also a {{convert\|300\|feet\|abbr=on}} high [[vihara]] with a Buddha statue within which, according to Xuanzang, resembled the "great Vihara built under the [[Bodhi tree]]". According to the ''[[Manjushrimulakalpa]]'' ({{Circa\|800 CE}}), king Narasimhsagupta became a Buddhist monk, and left the world through meditation ([[Dhyāna in Buddhism\|Dhyana]]).<ref name="Singh" /> The Chinese monk [[Xuanzang]] also noted that Narasimhagupta Baladitya's son, Vajra, who commissioned a sangharama as well, "possessed a heart firm in faith".<ref name="sankalia">{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOVtAAAAMAAJ \|title=The University of Nālandā \|last=Sankalia, Hasmukhlal Dhirajlal \|publisher=B.G. Paul & co. \|year=1934 \|isbn=9781014542144 \|author-link=Hasmukh Dhirajlal Sankalia \|access-date=27 July 2017 \|archive-date=10 March 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310231324/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOVtAAAAMAAJ \|url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp\|45}}<ref name="sdutt">{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lxRHYFd0fB4C \|title=Buddhist Monks And Monasteries of India: Their History And Contribution To Indian Culture \|last=Sukumar Dutt \|publisher=George Allen and Unwin Ltd, London \|year=1988 \|isbn=978-81-208-0498-2 \|orig-year=First published in 1962 \|access-date=27 July 2017 \|archive-date=10 March 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310232744/https://books.google.com/books?id=lxRHYFd0fB4C \|url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp\|330}}		Some later rulers however seem to have especially promoted [[Buddhism]]. [[Narasimhagupta Baladitya]] ({{Circa\|495}}–?), according to contemporary writer [[Paramartha]], was brought up under the influence of the [[Mahayanist]] philosopher, [[Vasubandhu]].<ref name="Singh" /> He built a [[sangharama]] at [[Nalanda]] and also a {{convert\|300\|feet\|abbr=on}} high [[vihara]] with a Buddha statue within which, according to Xuanzang, resembled the "great Vihara built under the [[Bodhi tree]]". According to the ''[[Manjushrimulakalpa]]'' ({{Circa\|800 CE}}), king Narasimhsagupta became a Buddhist monk, and left the world through meditation ([[Dhyāna in Buddhism\|Dhyana]]).<ref name="Singh" /> The Chinese monk [[Xuanzang]] also noted that Narasimhagupta Baladitya's son, Vajra, who commissioned a sangharama as well, "possessed a heart firm in faith".<ref name="sankalia">{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOVtAAAAMAAJ \|title=The University of Nālandā \|last=Sankalia, Hasmukhlal Dhirajlal \|publisher=B.G. Paul & co. \|year=1934 \|isbn=9781014542144 \|author-link=Hasmukh Dhirajlal Sankalia \|access-date=27 July 2017 \|archive-date=10 March 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310231324/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOVtAAAAMAAJ \|url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp\|45}}<ref name="sdutt">{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lxRHYFd0fB4C \|title=Buddhist Monks And Monasteries of India: Their History And Contribution To Indian Culture \|last=Sukumar Dutt \|publisher=George Allen and Unwin Ltd, London \|year=1988 \|isbn=978-81-208-0498-2 \|orig-year=First published in 1962 \|access-date=27 July 2017 \|archive-date=10 March 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310232744/https://books.google.com/books?id=lxRHYFd0fB4C \|url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp\|330}}

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			The buddhist "Cina Sanghārāma" was specially built for the use of Chinese monks near Bodhgaya by king Sri-Gupta, an ancestor of the Gupta Emperors.<ref "INDO12=>" Pg.66 The Cina Sanghārāma was specially built for the use of Chinese monks near Bodhgaya by king Sri-Gupta, an ancestor of the Gupta Emperors."{{Cite book\|page=66\|url=http://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.238415\|title=India and China\|last=Bagchi\|first=Dr Prabodh Chandra\|publisher=China Press Limited, Calcutta}}</ref>
	[[File:Buddha in Sarnath Museum (Dhammajak Mutra).jpg\|thumb\|upright\|[[Dharmachakra Pravartana Buddha at Sarnath]] from the Gupta era, 5th century CE]]		[[File:Buddha in Sarnath Museum (Dhammajak Mutra).jpg\|thumb\|upright\|[[Dharmachakra Pravartana Buddha at Sarnath]] from the Gupta era, 5th century CE]]
	The Guptas were traditionally a [[Hindu]] dynasty.<ref name="Singh">A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India by Upinder Singh [https://books.google.com/books?id=H3lUIIYxWkEC&pg=PA521 p. 521]</ref> They were orthodox [[Hindus]], and allowed followers of [[Buddhism]] and [[Jainism]] to practice their religions.<ref name="Mookerji">The Gupta Empire by Radhakumud Mookerji [https://books.google.com/books?id=uYXDB2gIYbwC&pg=PA133 pp. 133–] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217042651/https://books.google.com/books?id=uYXDB2gIYbwC&pg=PA133 \|date=17 December 2019 }}</ref> [[Sanchi]] remained an important centre of Buddhism.<ref name="Mookerji" /> [[Kumaragupta I]] (455 CE) is said to have founded [[Nalanda]].<ref name="Mookerji" /> Modern genetic studies indicate that it was during the Gupta period that Indian caste groups ceased to intermarry (started practicing/enforcing [[endogamy]]).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/01/the-caste-system-has-left-its-mark-on-indians-genomes/\|title=The caste system has left its mark on Indians' genomes\|first=Annalee\|last=Newitz\|date=25 January 2016\|website=Ars Technica\|access-date=8 June 2021\|archive-date=8 June 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608015347/https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/01/the-caste-system-has-left-its-mark-on-indians-genomes/\|url-status=live}}</ref>		The Guptas were traditionally a [[Hindu]] dynasty.<ref name="Singh">A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India by Upinder Singh [https://books.google.com/books?id=H3lUIIYxWkEC&pg=PA521 p. 521]</ref> They were orthodox [[Hindus]], and allowed followers of [[Buddhism]] and [[Jainism]] to practice their religions.<ref name="Mookerji">The Gupta Empire by Radhakumud Mookerji [https://books.google.com/books?id=uYXDB2gIYbwC&pg=PA133 pp. 133–] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217042651/https://books.google.com/books?id=uYXDB2gIYbwC&pg=PA133 \|date=17 December 2019 }}</ref> [[Sanchi]] remained an important centre of Buddhism.<ref name="Mookerji" /> [[Kumaragupta I]] (455 CE) is said to have founded [[Nalanda]].<ref name="Mookerji" /> Modern genetic studies indicate that it was during the Gupta period that Indian caste groups ceased to intermarry (started practicing/enforcing [[endogamy]]).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/01/the-caste-system-has-left-its-mark-on-indians-genomes/\|title=The caste system has left its mark on Indians' genomes\|first=Annalee\|last=Newitz\|date=25 January 2016\|website=Ars Technica\|access-date=8 June 2021\|archive-date=8 June 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608015347/https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/01/the-caste-system-has-left-its-mark-on-indians-genomes/\|url-status=live}}</ref>

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	Guptas were originally from [[Magadha]].		Guptas were originally from [[Magadha]].<ref>{{unbulleted list
			\| {{Citation \|last=Mackay \|first=James \|title=The Complete Illustrated Guide to Coins & Coin Collecting \|date=2006 \|publisher=Hermes House \|isbn=978-0-681-45952-6 \|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780681459526/page/29/mode/1up \|quote=A Magadha (Bihar) kingdom, with its capital at Patna, emerged in the late 3rd century AD under Srigupta founder of a dynasty that lasted for 300 years. His grandson, Chandragupta 1 (305-25), created the splendid Gupta Empire.}}
			\| {{Citation \|last=Brown \|first=C. J. \|title=Coins of India \|date=1999 \|publisher=Asian Educational Services \|isbn=978-81-206-0345-5 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O-d497CKID0C \|quote=The territory which the Guptas are first found ruling lay near Pāțaliputra, the modern Patna; it was much enlarged by one Gupta, on the decline of the Kushāņa power in its eastern territories}}
			\| {{Citation \|last=Gupta \|first=L.C. \|title=Silver coins of Sri Gupta \|date=1994 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sTVmAAAAMAAJ \|quote=...the historicity of Sri Gupta's political career around Magadha}}
			\| {{Citation \|last=Higham \|first=Charles \|title=Encyclopedia of Ancient Asian Civilizations \|date=2014 \|publisher=Infobase \|isbn=978-1-4381-0996-1 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H1c1UIEVH9gC \|quote=The Gupta empire had its genesis under King Srigupta (270-290 C.E.), who ruled one of the many small kingdoms in the Ganga (Ganges) Valley in India from his capital at Pataliputra}}
			\| {{Citation \|last=Ishikawa \|first=Ken \|title=The Global Connections of Gandhāran Art \|date=2020 \|publisher=Classical Art Research Centre \|isbn=978-1-78969-696-7 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JZf6DwAAQBAJ \|quote=Ruling from the Magadha Kingdom in the lower Gangetic Valley, the imperial Guptas were the second pan-Indian state in history}}
			\| {{Citation \|last=Thapar \|first=Romila \|title=The Past Before Us \|date=2013 \|publisher=Harvard University Press \|isbn=978-0-674-72652-9 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ScYJAQAAQBAJ \|quote=There is some evidence of interest during the Gupta period in forms created during Mauryan times. This may have arisen from a curiosity about antecedent dynasties and their artifacts, originating in approximately the same area in which the beginnings of Gupta power were located. For both the Mauryas and the Guptas, Pāțaliputra was an important city.}}
			\| {{Citation \|last=Hart-Davis \|first=Adam \|title=History \|date=2010 \|publisher=DK \|isbn=978-0-7566-6596-8 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UZo0AwEACAAJ \|quote=the region of Magadha gave birth to another great dynasty and empire, the Guptas }}
			\| {{Citation \|last=Kumar Maity \|first=Sachindra \|title=The Imperial Guptas and Their Times \|date=1975 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1XI_AAAAMAAJ \|quote=the founder of this dynasty was Mahārāja Sri Gupta who was apparently a subordinate ruler and ruling somewhere near Magadha.}}
			\| {{harvnb\|Keay\|2000\|p=[https://archive.org/details/indiahistory00keay/page/134/mode/1up 134]\|ps=: "Sri Gupta was probably not a Buddhist but was raja of some minor polity near or within erstwhile Magadha."}}
			\| {{Citation \|last=Jha \|first=D. N. \|title=Ancient India: In Historical Outline \|date=1998 \|publisher=Manohar Publishers & Distributors \|isbn=978-81-7304-266-9 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tUluAAAAMAAJ \|quote=Guptas... political control in the region of Magadha.}}
			}}</ref>
	The first evidence of Gupta connection with Magadha comes from a foreign source. The Chinese traveller [[Yijing (monk)\|I-tsing]], who came to India in A.D. 672 heard of Mahārāja Śrī-Gupta (Che-li-ki-to) who built a temple near [[Mṛgaśikhāvana\|Mrigaśikhāvana]] for Chinese pilgrims and endowed it with 24 villages.<ref>{{cite book \|author=Radhakumud Mookerji \|author-link=Radhakumud Mookerji \|title=The Gupta Empire\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uYXDB2gIYbwC \|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ. \|year=1989 \|isbn=81-208-0089-3 \|page=11}}</ref>{{sfn\|H.C. Raychaudhuri\|1923\|p=271}}		The first evidence of Gupta connection with Magadha comes from a foreign source. The Chinese traveller [[Yijing (monk)\|I-tsing]], who came to India in A.D. 672 heard of Mahārāja Śrī-Gupta (Che-li-ki-to) who built a temple near [[Mṛgaśikhāvana\|Mrigaśikhāvana]] for Chinese pilgrims and endowed it with 24 villages.<ref>{{cite book \|author=Radhakumud Mookerji \|author-link=Radhakumud Mookerji \|title=The Gupta Empire\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uYXDB2gIYbwC \|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ. \|year=1989 \|isbn=81-208-0089-3 \|page=11}}</ref>{{sfn\|H.C. Raychaudhuri\|1923\|p=271}}

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	=== Bibliography ===		=== Bibliography ===
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	* {{cite book \|author=Ashvini Agrawal \|title=Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hRjC5IaJ2zcC&pg=PA315 \|year=1989 \|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass \|isbn=978-81-208-0592-7 \|access-date=29 August 2018 \|archive-date=8 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108040744/https://books.google.com/books?id=hRjC5IaJ2zcC&pg=PA315 \|url-status=live }}		* {{cite book \|author=Ashvini Agrawal \|title=Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hRjC5IaJ2zcC&pg=PA315 \|year=1989 \|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass \|isbn=978-81-208-0592-7 \|access-date=29 August 2018 \|archive-date=8 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108040744/https://books.google.com/books?id=hRjC5IaJ2zcC&pg=PA315 \|url-status=live }}
	* {{cite book \|author=Dilip Kumar Ganguly \|title=The Imperial Guptas and Their Times \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hud2_Ie3T94C&pg=PP1 \|year=1987 \|publisher=Abhinav \|isbn=978-81-7017-222-2 \|access-date=29 August 2018 \|archive-date=8 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108201608/https://books.google.com/books?id=Hud2_Ie3T94C&pg=PP1 \|url-status=live }}		* {{cite book \|author=Dilip Kumar Ganguly \|title=The Imperial Guptas and Their Times \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hud2_Ie3T94C&pg=PP1 \|year=1987 \|publisher=Abhinav \|isbn=978-81-7017-222-2 \|access-date=29 August 2018 \|archive-date=8 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108201608/https://books.google.com/books?id=Hud2_Ie3T94C&pg=PP1 \|url-status=live }}
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	* {{cite book \|author=J.C. Harle \|title=The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent \|url=https://archive.org/details/artarchitectureo00harl \|url-access=registration \|year=1994 \|publisher=Yale University Press \|isbn=978-0-300-06217-5 }}		* {{cite book \|author=J.C. Harle \|title=The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent \|url=https://archive.org/details/artarchitectureo00harl \|url-access=registration \|year=1994 \|publisher=Yale University Press \|isbn=978-0-300-06217-5 }}
	* {{cite book \|author=R.C. Majumdar \|author-link=R. C. Majumdar \|title=A Comprehensive History of India \|volume=3, Part I: A.D. 300-985 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mRBuAAAAMAAJ \|year=1981 \|publisher=Indian History Congress / People's Publishing House \|oclc=34008529 \|pages=17–52 }}		* {{cite book \|author=R.C. Majumdar \|author-link=R. C. Majumdar \|title=A Comprehensive History of India \|volume=3, Part I: A.D. 300-985 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mRBuAAAAMAAJ \|year=1981 \|publisher=Indian History Congress / People's Publishing House \|oclc=34008529 \|pages=17–52 }}
			* {{cite book \|last1=Michell \|first1=George \|title=The Hindu Temple: An Introduction to its Meaning and Forms \|url=https://archive.org/details/hindutempleintro0000mich \|url-access=registration \|year=1988 \|orig-year=First published 1977 \|publisher=University of Chicago Press \|isbn=978-0-226-53230-1}}
			* {{cite book \|last1=Pletcher \|first1=Kenneth \|title=The History of India \|year=2011 \|publisher= Britannica Educational Publishing \|isbn=978-1-61530-201-7 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hdmcAAAAQBAJ}}
			* {{cite book \|last1=Rowland \|first1=Benjamin \|title=The Art and Architecture of India: Buddhist, Hindu, Jain \|url=https://archive.org/details/artarchitectureo0000rowl_r2z2/page/n5/mode/2up \|url-access=registration \|year=1967 \|orig-year=First published 1953 \|edition=3rd \|publisher=Penguin Books \|isbn=978-0-14-056102-9}}
	* {{cite book \|author=Shankar Goyal \|title=Problems of Ancient Indian History: New Perspectives and Perceptions \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZSVuAAAAMAAJ \|year=2001 \|publisher=Book Enclave \|isbn=978-81-87036-66-1 \|access-date=13 December 2018 \|archive-date=11 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111224901/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZSVuAAAAMAAJ \|url-status=live }}		* {{cite book \|author=Shankar Goyal \|title=Problems of Ancient Indian History: New Perspectives and Perceptions \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZSVuAAAAMAAJ \|year=2001 \|publisher=Book Enclave \|isbn=978-81-87036-66-1 \|access-date=13 December 2018 \|archive-date=11 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111224901/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZSVuAAAAMAAJ \|url-status=live }}
	* {{cite book \|author=Tej Ram Sharma \|title=A Political History of the Imperial Guptas: From Gupta to Skandagupta \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fWVZWjNAcAgC&pg=PA50 \|year=1989 \|publisher=Concept \|isbn=978-81-7022-251-4 \|access-date=29 August 2018 \|archive-date=13 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113155014/https://books.google.com/books?id=fWVZWjNAcAgC&pg=PA50 \|url-status=live }}		* {{cite book \|author=Tej Ram Sharma \|title=A Political History of the Imperial Guptas: From Gupta to Skandagupta \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fWVZWjNAcAgC&pg=PA50 \|year=1989 \|publisher=Concept \|isbn=978-81-7022-251-4 \|access-date=29 August 2018 \|archive-date=13 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113155014/https://books.google.com/books?id=fWVZWjNAcAgC&pg=PA50 \|url-status=live }}
	* {{cite book \|author=Vidya Dhar Mahajan \|author-link=Vidya Dhar Mahajan \|year=1990 \|title=A History of India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CJ2UAAAACAAJ \|publisher=State Mutual Book & Periodical Service \|isbn=978-0-7855-1191-5 \|access-date=29 August 2018 \|archive-date=10 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110060325/https://books.google.com/books?id=CJ2UAAAACAAJ \|url-status=live }}		* {{cite book \|author=Vidya Dhar Mahajan \|author-link=Vidya Dhar Mahajan \|year=1990 \|title=A History of India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CJ2UAAAACAAJ \|publisher=State Mutual Book & Periodical Service \|isbn=978-0-7855-1191-5 \|access-date=29 August 2018 \|archive-date=10 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110060325/https://books.google.com/books?id=CJ2UAAAACAAJ \|url-status=live }}
	* {{cite book \|author=Upinder Singh \|author-link=Upinder Singh \|title=Political Violence in Ancient India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dYM4DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA343 \|year=2017 \|publisher=Harvard University Press \|isbn=978-0-674-98128-7 \|access-date=13 December 2018 \|archive-date=10 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110123751/https://books.google.com/books?id=dYM4DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA343 \|url-status=live }}		* {{cite book \|author=Upinder Singh \|author-link=Upinder Singh \|title=Political Violence in Ancient India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dYM4DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA343 \|year=2017 \|publisher=Harvard University Press \|isbn=978-0-674-98128-7 \|access-date=13 December 2018 \|archive-date=10 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110123751/https://books.google.com/books?id=dYM4DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA343 \|url-status=live }}
			* {{citation\|last=Stein\|first=B.\|author-link=Burton Stein\|editor-last=Arnold\|editor-first=D.\|year=2010 \|title=A History of India\|edition=2nd\|publisher=[[Wiley-Blackwell]]\|place=Oxford\|isbn=978-1-4051-9509-6 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QY4zdTDwMAQC}}
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	The buddhist "Cina Sanghārāma" was specially built for the use of Chinese monks near Bodhgaya by king Sri-Gupta, an ancestor of the Gupta Emperors.<ref "INDO12=>" Pg.66 The Cina Sanghārāma was specially built for the use of Chinese monks near Bodhgaya by king Sri-Gupta, an ancestor of the Gupta Emperors."{{Cite book\|page=66\|url=http://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.238415\|title=India and China\|last=Bagchi\|first=Dr Prabodh Chandra\|publisher=China Press Limited, Calcutta}}</ref>		The buddhist "Cina Sanghārāma" was specially built for the use of Chinese monks near Bodhgaya by king Sri-Gupta, an ancestor of the Gupta Emperors.<ref "INDO12=>" Pg.66 The Cina Sanghārāma was specially built for the use of Chinese monks near Bodhgaya by king Sri-Gupta, an ancestor of the Gupta Emperors."{{Cite book\|page=66\|url=http://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.238415\|title=India and China\|last=Bagchi\|first=Dr Prabodh Chandra\|publisher=China Press Limited, Calcutta}}</ref>
	[[File:Buddha in Sarnath Museum (Dhammajak Mutra).jpg\|thumb\|upright\|[[Dharmachakra Pravartana Buddha at Sarnath]] from the Gupta era, 5th century CE]]		[[File:Buddha in Sarnath Museum (Dhammajak Mutra).jpg\|thumb\|upright\|[[Dharmachakra Pravartana Buddha at Sarnath]] from the Gupta era, 5th century CE]]
	The Guptas were traditionally a [[Hindu]] dynasty.<ref name="Singh">A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India by Upinder Singh [https://books.google.com/books?id=H3lUIIYxWkEC&pg=PA521 p. 521]</ref> They were ~~orthodox~~ [[Hindus]], and allowed followers of [[Buddhism]] and [[Jainism]] to practice their religions.<ref name="Mookerji">The Gupta Empire by Radhakumud Mookerji [https://books.google.com/books?id=uYXDB2gIYbwC&pg=PA133 pp. 133–] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217042651/https://books.google.com/books?id=uYXDB2gIYbwC&pg=PA133 \|date=17 December 2019 }}</ref> [[Sanchi]] remained an important centre of Buddhism.<ref name="Mookerji" /> [[Kumaragupta I]] (455 CE) is said to have founded [[Nalanda]].<ref name="Mookerji" /> Modern genetic studies indicate that it was during the Gupta period that Indian caste groups ceased to intermarry (started practicing/enforcing [[endogamy]]).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/01/the-caste-system-has-left-its-mark-on-indians-genomes/\|title=The caste system has left its mark on Indians' genomes\|first=Annalee\|last=Newitz\|date=25 January 2016\|website=Ars Technica\|access-date=8 June 2021\|archive-date=8 June 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608015347/https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/01/the-caste-system-has-left-its-mark-on-indians-genomes/\|url-status=live}}</ref>		The Guptas were traditionally a [[Hindu]] dynasty.<ref name="Singh">A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India by Upinder Singh [https://books.google.com/books?id=H3lUIIYxWkEC&pg=PA521 p. 521]</ref> They were [[Hindus]], and allowed followers of [[Buddhism]] and [[Jainism]] to practice their religions.<ref name="Mookerji">The Gupta Empire by Radhakumud Mookerji [https://books.google.com/books?id=uYXDB2gIYbwC&pg=PA133 pp. 133–] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217042651/https://books.google.com/books?id=uYXDB2gIYbwC&pg=PA133 \|date=17 December 2019 }}</ref> [[Sanchi]] remained an important centre of Buddhism.<ref name="Mookerji" /> [[Kumaragupta I]] (455 CE) is said to have founded [[Nalanda]].<ref name="Mookerji" /> Modern genetic studies indicate that it was during the Gupta period that Indian caste groups ceased to intermarry (started practicing/enforcing [[endogamy]]).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/01/the-caste-system-has-left-its-mark-on-indians-genomes/\|title=The caste system has left its mark on Indians' genomes\|first=Annalee\|last=Newitz\|date=25 January 2016\|website=Ars Technica\|access-date=8 June 2021\|archive-date=8 June 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608015347/https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/01/the-caste-system-has-left-its-mark-on-indians-genomes/\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	Some later rulers however seem to have especially promoted [[Buddhism]]. [[Narasimhagupta Baladitya]] ({{Circa\|495}}–?), according to contemporary writer [[Paramartha]], was brought up under the influence of the [[Mahayanist]] philosopher, [[Vasubandhu]].<ref name="Singh" /> He built a [[sangharama]] at [[Nalanda]] and also a {{convert\|300\|feet\|abbr=on}} high [[vihara]] with a Buddha statue within which, according to Xuanzang, resembled the "great Vihara built under the [[Bodhi tree]]". According to the ''[[Manjushrimulakalpa]]'' ({{Circa\|800 CE}}), king Narasimhsagupta became a Buddhist monk, and left the world through meditation ([[Dhyāna in Buddhism\|Dhyana]]).<ref name="Singh" /> The Chinese monk [[Xuanzang]] also noted that Narasimhagupta Baladitya's son, Vajra, who commissioned a sangharama as well, "possessed a heart firm in faith".<ref name="sankalia">{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOVtAAAAMAAJ \|title=The University of Nālandā \|last=Sankalia, Hasmukhlal Dhirajlal \|publisher=B.G. Paul & co. \|year=1934 \|isbn=9781014542144 \|author-link=Hasmukh Dhirajlal Sankalia \|access-date=27 July 2017 \|archive-date=10 March 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310231324/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOVtAAAAMAAJ \|url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp\|45}}<ref name="sdutt">{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lxRHYFd0fB4C \|title=Buddhist Monks And Monasteries of India: Their History And Contribution To Indian Culture \|last=Sukumar Dutt \|publisher=George Allen and Unwin Ltd, London \|year=1988 \|isbn=978-81-208-0498-2 \|orig-year=First published in 1962 \|access-date=27 July 2017 \|archive-date=10 March 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310232744/https://books.google.com/books?id=lxRHYFd0fB4C \|url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp\|330}}		Some later rulers however seem to have especially promoted [[Buddhism]]. [[Narasimhagupta Baladitya]] ({{Circa\|495}}–?), according to contemporary writer [[Paramartha]], was brought up under the influence of the [[Mahayanist]] philosopher, [[Vasubandhu]].<ref name="Singh" /> He built a [[sangharama]] at [[Nalanda]] and also a {{convert\|300\|feet\|abbr=on}} high [[vihara]] with a Buddha statue within which, according to Xuanzang, resembled the "great Vihara built under the [[Bodhi tree]]". According to the ''[[Manjushrimulakalpa]]'' ({{Circa\|800 CE}}), king Narasimhsagupta became a Buddhist monk, and left the world through meditation ([[Dhyāna in Buddhism\|Dhyana]]).<ref name="Singh" /> The Chinese monk [[Xuanzang]] also noted that Narasimhagupta Baladitya's son, Vajra, who commissioned a sangharama as well, "possessed a heart firm in faith".<ref name="sankalia">{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOVtAAAAMAAJ \|title=The University of Nālandā \|last=Sankalia, Hasmukhlal Dhirajlal \|publisher=B.G. Paul & co. \|year=1934 \|isbn=9781014542144 \|author-link=Hasmukh Dhirajlal Sankalia \|access-date=27 July 2017 \|archive-date=10 March 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310231324/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOVtAAAAMAAJ \|url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp\|45}}<ref name="sdutt">{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lxRHYFd0fB4C \|title=Buddhist Monks And Monasteries of India: Their History And Contribution To Indian Culture \|last=Sukumar Dutt \|publisher=George Allen and Unwin Ltd, London \|year=1988 \|isbn=978-81-208-0498-2 \|orig-year=First published in 1962 \|access-date=27 July 2017 \|archive-date=10 March 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310232744/https://books.google.com/books?id=lxRHYFd0fB4C \|url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp\|330}}