Northern Indian subcontinent · Late Antiquity
Gupta Empire
India's classical golden age
320 CE – 550 CE · 230 years
Often called India's classical golden age, producing foundational advances in mathematics, astronomy, and literature.
Where it sits on the calendar
Government
Centralized empire
Writing system
Gupta script
Estimated peak population
50,000,000
How it ended
Invasion or conquest
Traits
How Gupta Empire ended
Weakened by Hephthalite (Hun) invasions and regional fragmentation.
See other civilizations that fell the same way →Notable for
- Decimal numeral system later transmitted via Arabic scholars
- The Iron Pillar of Delhi's rust-resistant metallurgy
- Flourishing Sanskrit literature and astronomy
Who else was alive at the same time
8 other civilizations in this dataset overlap with Gupta Empire's 230-year span.
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