Empire320 CE – 550 CE · 230 years
Gupta Empire
India's "classical age" — when the decimal system, chess, and most of Hindu temple architecture were codified.
What it was
The Gupta Empire (~319–550 CE) ruled most of north India during a period of political stability that allowed extraordinary cultural and scientific output. The mathematician Aryabhata, the playwright Kalidasa, and the systematization of the Puranas all date from this era.
Why it mattered
The Indian numeral system — including the concept of zero — was developed under Gupta patronage; it reached the Islamic world around 800 CE and Europe by 1200.
From Wikipedia
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. 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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Borders & accuracy
Solid borders are reconstructed from canonical historical-basemap data or hand-crafted from scholarly atlases.
- SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
- DETAILhistorical-basemaps
- SNAPSHOT400 CE
- POLITY TYPEstate
Wars of this empire3
Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.
- Gupta Empire Expansion320–467 CEMajor conflict · 300K dead
- White Huns Invasions of India455–527 CESignificant · 200K dead
- Battle of Indus458 CERegional
Open in the atlas →Seeks the timeline to 320 CE and fits the map to these borders.
Cite as: Gupta Empire (320 CE – 550 CE). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/e/gupta-empire · Sources & methodology