Gupta Empire:

Since the fall of the mauryan empire a period of five hundred years of domination of the provincial powers existed local leaders didn't manage to unify the region but this was until the fourth century the Gupta Empire was an ancient Indian Empire existing from the mid to late third century CE II to 543 C II at its zenith in the fourth and fifth centuries it covered much of the Indian subcontinent especially in the north a period of overall prosperity and growth followed and continued for the next two and a half centuries which came to be known as a golden age in India's history the ruling dynasty of the Empire was founded by the king shri Gupta the most notable rulers of the dynasty were Andrew Gupta the first Samudra Gupta and chandra Gupta. Alias victor medida their origin is debatable according  balkan powder keg to several theories they originated in the present-day ATAR Pradesh a region where a lot of historical proofs from that time had been discovered but other sources are speaking about the Bengal region as the homeland of the early Gupta's.

Anyway we have to move forward while in Europe large migrations happened with more and more people entering deep in the Western and Roman Empire more to the east in India a new powerful state was born it comprised most of the north of India over the Ganges for more than 200 years this Empire was led by Emperor's from the Gupta dynasty and through history it will be known as the Gupta Empire Chandra Gupta the first in 320 he managed to conquer the neighboring states between 3:30 and 376 the Emperor Samudra Gupta extends the Empire from the Hindus to the Gulf of Bengal and to the mountains in the north in the southern kingdoms of pallava he defeated Vishnugupta and created tributary States many other northern kingdoms were incorporated into the Gupta Empire destroying nine kingdoms and subjugating there 12 his campaigns led him in many directions conquering more and more not every conquered region was annexed.

A Great Ancient Power:

He gained Pataliputra a very important city which will become the capital of Gupta continuing on the east coast Dakshina pathi and other border small states were conquered this campaign has expanded and strengthened the power of the Gupta in north and east of India gaining the important commercial wealth of this region as well as the large manpower necessary in production and possible wars between 376 and 415 chandra gupta ii strengthened its administration and encouraged commerce historical and literal evidence shows that genre gupta ii called the son of velour has achieved military success against western set traps who ruled in the west and central india by doing so the empire expanded to the coast of the arabian sea in the first half of the fifth century Gemara Gupta the son of chandragupta ii ruled the empire from bengal to Kathiawar and from himalaya to Narmada.

In this period military and financial resources were mobilized to defend the empire against the white Huns called heft alights the empire was threatened by the rebellion of the pushyamitra and by the danger of the white Huns from this time on a slow decline started camara gupta didn't have so many conquests or campaigns like his predecessors but on the other hand he consolidated the power and the structure of the empire being considered a capable ruler feudal relations formed later and slower than in europe slaves lived in very harsh conditions they were forced to maintain the luxury at the courtyards or their masters to serve the Brahmin priests and the army besides slaves in India lived communities of free peasants these communities of peasants lived better than the slaves but were forced to pay gifts to the ruler and to participate in construction overall the peasant communities of India were pretty similar to the European ones in fact the economic power of the Gupta was the exploitation of peasant communities in the second part of the 5th century.

Rise of the Gupta Empire:

Gupta ruler started to give to War veterans land and peasants to work for them some lands of the peasantry were split and reorganized under new masters in cities lived crafts Weaver's very important jobs at the time new social hierarchy was influenced by the laws of Manu from the most to the less important people Brahmins Warriors artisans traders peasants and the poor ones agriculture flourished due to the many rivers and irrigations to rice wheat barley sesame sugar as well as spices were present in India the exploitations of pearls mines and forests contributed to the development of society the trade with West and East expands.

Indian production reaching Rome in China precious stones spices ivory cotton sugar and other goods are exported in exchange the Gupta Empire imported horses from Central Asia fabrics from Tibet and then slaves from the Roman Empire here crimes were severely punished depending on their severity from financial fines to amputations or even death in some cases according to the laws of Manu families were large polygamy was present and embraced by the majority of the people the Maharajah's from Gupta dynasty were despotic rulers the heir of the throne was initiated in the art of war politics philosophy diplomacy poetry and music since his teenage years and before his rule he was trained in a province it's believed that in the Gupta Empire .

There was a hierarchy of administrative divisions from top to bottom the Empire was called by various names such as Raja rostra Desha mandala and other names the structure was divided into 26 provinces provinces were also divided into Visayas and put under the control of vishaya potus a vishaya potti administered the territory with the help of a council the 4th and 5th centuries are a period in which the army organized in three army Corpse infantry cavalry and elephant troops the largest indian empire that existed until that time was the mauryan empire they had their military might in their strategies differently the Guptas introduced several military innovations to indian warfare the use of heavy cavalry archers and heavy sword cavalry was promoted the heavy cavalry formed the core of the Gupta Empire and were supported by the traditional Indian army elements the accent was put more on horses than elephants .

The history of chess starts here beginning from some very old strategy games the nobles are developing the game named chaturanga also some important attention was given to the development of knowledge in mathematics astronomy medicine and poetry Aryabhata an astronomer of the Gupta period proposed that the earth is round and rotates around its own axis it's also believed that he discovered that the moon and planets shined by reflected sunlight culture and knowledge expanded being more and more present in this Empire Kalidasa one of the biggest poets of India created many literary works of art Mahabharata is an exposure of behavior codes for kings warriors or people in search of freedom Mahabharata shows the evolution of hinduism and its relations with other religions or beliefs ramayana is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India along with Mahabharata it forms the Hindu et Ossa the epic narrates the life of Rama a prince from the north of India managed to overcome geographical and military obstacles to free his wife.

Conclusion:

These two poems Mahabharata and Ramayana combined the historical myth with the truth to put in light the universal fight between good and evil the guptas were traditionally a hindu dynasty even if hindus had a large influence the dynasty did not force their beliefs on the rest of the population as buddhism and jainism were also encouraged in that period incredible detailed temples palaces and statues were built the accent was also put in details in sculptures and pictures a balance existed between Hinduism and Buddhism and it wasn't clear which one will become the dominant religion or belief in the next centuries Gupta Kings fought against Sokka Scythian rulers from the northwest of India subcontinent were considered foreigners Gupta Empire also fought.

The Huns who came from Central Asia at the end of the fifth century the Gupta state was attacked by the nomads more and more the central administration collapsed in time and the Empire became weaker and as a result of that many local leaders declared their independence and separated from Gupta in the seventh century the Empire collapsed the north of India was divided between many other small kingdoms that fought each other we are planning to cover more details about the rise and collapse of Indian kingdoms and Empire if you want to know more about this   to Nelly gia and press the bell button a big thank you to our generous supporters of patreon every small support helps our channel a lot and makes possible the creation of better articles thank you for watching and see you in the next one.