Question

What are the sources of information about the Gupta Period?

Answer 1

The Puranas provide a lot of information about the period, and Kalidasa is believed to belong to that period.

He was a famous poet and dramatist. Old coins, paintings, monuments, and seals are the archeological sources of information that were discovered.

Fahien, the Chinese traveler, and a Buddhist monk wrote about his experiences visiting the empire during that period.

Answer 2

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The sources both archaelogical and literary inform us about Guptas :-

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•The allahabad pillar incription (Prayaga Prasasti) of Harisena.

•Coins of the Guptas.

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Literary sources were :-

•Works of Kalidasa, Sudraka, Vishakhadatta (for the Guptas).

•Account of foreign traveller Fa Hien.

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Additional Information :-

Sri Gupta was the first ruler of this Dynasty. He was followed by Ghatotkachagupta. Chandragupta was the first powerful ruler of the Gupta Dynasty.

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Samudragupta was the greatest ruler of the Gupta empire, The Allahabad pillar incription of Harisena gives us detailed account of the conquest.

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