While his two ancestors were given the title of Maharaja, Chandra Gupta I is described in his inscriptions as Maharajadhiraj. He can therefore be considered the first Gupta emperor. According to the Puranas the Guptas ruled over territories (referred to as Janapadas) such as Prayag, Saket and Magadh. This description of the Gupta dominion precedes the reign of Samudragupta and hence must refer to the terri ...

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Gupta Empire - Chandragupta. Ghatotkacha (c. 280–319) CE, had a son named Chandragupta. In a breakthrough deal, Chandragupta was married to Kumaradevi, a Lichchhavi—the main power in Magadha. With a dowry of the kingdom of Magadha (capital Pataliputra) and an alliance with the Lichchhavis, Chandragupta set about expanding his power, conquering much of Magadha, Prayaga and Saketa. He established a realm stretching from the Ganga (Ganges) river to Prayaga (modern-day Allahabad) by 320. Chandragupta was the first of the Guptas to be referred to as 'Maharajadhiraja' or 'King of Kings'. ...

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The origins of the Guptas are shrouded in obscurity. The Chinese traveller I-tsing provides the first evidence of the Gupta kingdom in Magadha. He came to India in 672 CE and heard of 'Maharaja Sri-Gupta' who built a temple for Chinese pilgrims near Mrigasikhavana. I-tsing gives the date for this event merely as '500 years before'. This does not match with other sources and hence we can assume that I-tsing's computation was a mere guess. The most likely date for the reign of Sri-Gupta is c. 240-280 CE His successor Ghatotkacha ruled probably from c. 280-319 CE In contrast to his successor, he is also re ...

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The Gupta dynasty ruled India north of the Vindhya Range during the 4th and 5th centuries. Though not as vast as Mauryan empire, The Gupta era left a deep and wide cultural impact not only in the subcontinent but on the adjacent Asian countries as well. We get plenty of information about this illustrious dynasty through coins, inscriptions, monuments and Sanskrit classics. The Gupta rulers were great conquerors and good administrators. They checked the infiltration of foreign tribes like Sakas and Hunas and established political stability. Econom ...

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The Imperial Guptas could not have achieved their successes through force of arms without an efficient martial system. Historically, the best accounts of this comes not from the Hindus themselves but from Chinese and Western observers. However, a contemporary Indian document, regarded as a military classic of the time, the Siva-Dhanur-veda, offers some insight into the military system of the Guptas. Like Indian kings before them, and centuries afterwards, the Guptas would have utilized war elephants. These thick hided beasts, suppleme ...

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People named Chandragupta: Chandragupta Maurya. Indian king, Mauryan Empire, 322–298 BC Chandragupta I. Indian king, Gupta Empire, 320-335 AD Chandragupta II. Also known as Chandragupta Vikramaditya. Indian king, Gupta Empire, 375-414 AD Other related archivesChandragupta I, Chandragupta II, Chandragupta Maurya, Gupta Empire, Mauryan Empire

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Events November 7 - Athanasius is banished to Trier, on the charge that he prevented the corn fleet from sailing to Constantinople. Synod of Tyre. Samudragupta succeeds Chandragupta as king of the Gupta Empire. Tuoba Hena ousts Tuoba Yihuai as chieftain of Tuoba Clan. Constantine I of the Roman Empire begins construction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Births Theon of Alexandria Gregory of Nyssa Deaths Chandragupta I ...

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This article is about the year 320 AD. For the aircraft, see Airbus A320. 320 - Events. Chandragupta I founds the Gupta dynasty in northern India. The Huns appear in Persia. December 25 introduced as the birthday of Jesus. Celje is incorporated with Aquileia as a city. 320 - Births. Constans (Flavius Julius Constans) Roman emperor from 337 - 350. Flavian I, Patriarch of Antioch ...

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The origins of the Guptas are shrouded in obscurity. The Chinese traveller I-tsing provides the first evidence of the Gupta kingdom in Magadha. He came to India in 672 CE and heard of 'Maharaja Sri-Gupta' who built a temple for Chinese pilgrims near Mrigasikhavana. I-tsing gives the date for this event merely as '500 years before'. This does not match with other sources and hence we can assume that I-tsing's computation was a mere guess. The most likely date for the reign of Sri-Gupta is c. 240-280 CE His successor Ghatotkacha ruled p ...

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See also 413 (number) and Area code 413. Events May 8 - Honorius signs an edict providing tax relief for the provinces of Italy that have been plundered by the Visigoths. Kumara Gupta I succeeds his father Chandragupta as emperor of the Gupta Empire After a successful siege of Valence, the Visigoths capture the usurper Jovinus, and hand him over to Postumus Dardanus ...

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Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC - 300s BC - 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC Years: 308 BC 307 BC 306 BC305 BC 304 BC - 303 BC - 302 BC 301 BC 300 BC 299 BC 298 BC Events The Seleucids lose the western part of the Indus valley to Chandragupta Maurya Seleucus I Nicator refounds the town of Osroe as a Macedonian military settlement with the name of Edessa.

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The Gupta dynasty ruled India north of the Vindhya Range during the 4th and 5th centuries. Though not as vast as Mauryan empire, The Gupta era left a deep and wide cultural impact not only in the subcontinent but on the adjacent Asian countries as well. We get plenty of information about this illustrious dynasty through coins, inscriptions, monuments and Sanskrit classics. The Gupta rulers were great conquerors and good administrators. They checked the infiltration of foreign tribes like Sakas and Hunas and established political stability. Econom ...

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The Imperial Guptas could not have achieved their successes through force of arms without an efficient martial system. Historically, the best accounts of this comes not from the Hindus themselves but from Chinese and Western observers. However, a contemporary Indian document, regarded as a military classic of the time, the Siva-Dhanur-veda, offers some insight into the military system of the Guptas. Like Indian kings before them, and centuries afterwards, the Guptas would have utilized war elephants. These thick hided beasts, suppleme ...

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Mauryan Empire - Chandragupta. Chandragupta was again in conflict with the Greeks, when Seleucus I, ruler of the Seleucid Empire, tried to reconquer the northwestern parts of India which had been lost, during a campaign in 305 BCE. Chandragupta defeated Seleucus and then the two rulers exchanged a peace treaty, Chandragupta received the daughter of the Seleucid king Seleucus I and the territories of Gandhara and Arachosia, and Seleucus I received 500 war elephants that were to have a decisive role in his v ...

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Becoming the king of one of India's most powerful states, Chandragupta invaded the Punjab, after one of Alexander's satraps, Peithon of Media had tried to raise a coalition against him. He managed to conquer the Punjab capital of Taxila, one of ancient India's most important cities, increasing his power and consolidating his control. Mauryan Empire - Emperor Chandragupta. Chandragupta was again in conflict with the Greeks, when Seleucus I, ruler of the Seleucid Empire, tried to reconquer the northwestern p ...

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Arthashastra is most simply translated as Economics. Literally, it is variously translated from the Sanskrit as Science of Wealth, Science of Material Gain or Science of Polity (i.e. of civil government or state). It explores the demands of statecraft in the prosperous but unsettled Mauryan Empire under Chandragupta Maurya. As such, it can be considered a precursor to Machiavelli's The Prince Centrally, Arthashastra argues for a benevolent autocracy managing an efficient and solid econo ...

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Seleucus I Nicator founder of the Seleucid dynasty and one of Alexander's former generals. He invaded India (modern Punjab in northern India and Pakistan) in 304 BCE. It is said that Chandragupta Marya put an army of 100,000 men and 9,000 war elephants and forced Seleucus to conclude an alliance. Seleucus gave him his daughter in marriage, ceded the territories of Arachosia, and received from Chandra ...

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Sighra or Sighraga (Sanskrit). The father of Moru, "who is still living through the power of Yoga, and will manifest himself in the beginning of the Krita age in order to re-establish the Kshattriyas in the nineteenth Yuga" say the Puranic prophecies. "Moru" stands here for "Morya ", the dynasty of the Buddhist sovereigns of Pataliputra which began with the great King Chandragupta, the grandsire of King Asoka. It is the first Buddhist Dynasty. (Secret Doctrine, I., 378.)

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Many races of people and religions made up the cultural heritage of the Punjab. Punjab is the land where spiritual aspirations arose. This heroic land bore numerous invasions, and after all its suffering, did not entirely lose its glory and its strength. Here it was that the gentle Nanak preached his marvellous love for the world. Here it was that his broad heart opened and his arms outstretched to embrace the whole world. One of the earliest stone age cultures of South Asia nourished in the Punjab. The Harapp ...

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