Polity · 240 CE – 554 CE
Gupta Empire
गुप्त · गुप्त राजवंश · गुप्त-साम्राज्यम्
- Peak recorded area
- 2,494,620 km²
- 410 CE
- Rulers on record
- 10
- from 240 CE
Overview
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. This period has been considered as the Golden Age of India by some historians, although this characterisation has been disputed by others. The ruling dynasty of the empire was founded by Gupta.
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Territory
13 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
Rulers
10 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Sri GuptaGupta emperor240 CE – 280 CE
- Ghatotkacha GuptaGupta emperor280 CE – 319 CE
- Chandragupta IGupta emperor320 CE – 335 CE
- SamudraguptaGupta emperor335 CE – 380 CE
- Chandragupta IIGupta emperor380 CE – 415 CE
- RamaguptaGupta emperor380 CE
- Kumaragupta IGupta emperor415 CE – 455 CE
- SkandaguptaGupta emperor455 CE – 467 CE
- PuruguptaGupta emperor467 CE – 473 CE
- Kumaragupta IIGupta emperor473 CE – 476 CE
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Sanskrit
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Gupta Empire is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.