1 History & Culture · 1.1.9 Gupta age

1.1.9.1 Rise of the Guptas and Samudragupta: the Allahabad pillar inscription

The Guptas rose in the Ganga plains from about the early fourth century CE, and Samudragupta turned a regional kingdom into an empire, as his court poet Harishena recorded on the Allahabad pillar.

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Key terms

  • Sri Gupta
  • Chandragupta I
  • Kumaradevi
  • Licchavi
  • Samudragupta
  • Prayaga Prashasti
  • Harishena
  • Dakshinapatha
  • dinara

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