- Guptas belonged to Dharana gotra
- Pushyavarman, a Kamprupa ruler placed as the ruler of North eastern part of the empire
- The poetic work"Krishna Charitam" is supposed to have been written by Samudragupta and for his poetic brilliance he got the title"Kaviraja"
- Some of the famous inscriptions of Kumaragupta were Bilsad, Damodarpur,Karmandaka ,Mandasore
- The Eran insciption(510 AD)is the first reference to Sati in India
- Yashodharman of Malwa defeated Mihirkula who then retreated to Kashmir and there he embraced Shaivism
- Apart from Chandragupta II Skandagupta also took the title Vikramaditya
- Samudragupta and Skandagupta both performed ashwamedha yajna
- Rulers after Skandagupta Purugupta-Buddhagupta-Vanyagupta-Bhanugupta-Narasimhagupta-KumaraguptaII-Vishnugupta
- Aprahata-Forest land
- Nivi Dharma-Land endowment in perpetuity
- Talavataka was village accountant
- According to Visakhadutta Vasana the saka ruler killed Ramagupta
- Allhabad pillar inscription is the first epigraphic evidence of zero
- The term Bhukti first apeared in the Bhojdeva inscription of Gwalior
- Tadaga was a reservoir
- Audrangika collected the King's share in kind
- Nivartana, Dronavapa, Kulavapa were all units of measurement
- Total 42 inscriptions of this age are found with maximum belonging to Kumaragupta
- The great boar image was installed at the gate of Udaygiri
- Kumaragupta is said to have embraced Buddhism towards the end of his reign
- Samudragupta sent an embassy to China in 361 AD and Skandagupta sent an embassy to China
- Mahapratihara was the palace guard
- Gadhiya was a series of coins during this period
- Fields owned by cultivators themselves were known as Kutumba Kshetra
- Dandin wrote Dasakumaracharita
- Bhattin wrote Ravanabadha
- According to T'sing Srigupta built a temple for the chinese pilgrims at Mrigashikhavahana
- Toramana was converted to jainism
- Earliest evidence of temple prostitution in India, Ramgarh inscription
- Narada smriti talks about 15 kinds of slaves
- Drangik-Official for collection of custom duties
- Yajnavalka Smriti was the official lawbook of the Guptas
- Kulika-Guild of artisans
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