Question

From where do we get information about the Gupta empire?

Answer 1

We get information about the Gupta Empire from the following sources:

●Allahabad pillar inscription, the earliest inscription recording the achievements of an early Gupta ruler, Samudragupta comes from this region.

● The nature of the coin-hoards of the Guptas, found in this region suggest this.

● The description of a early Gupta territories in the Puranas may point to this.

On the basis of inscriptions it may be suggested that the original core of the Gupta territory lay in Eastern U.P.