History CH 8 - States after the Maurya Empire — History & Civics STD 6 — Question

Points

Gupta Dynastry

Vardhan Dynastry

Founder

Shrigupta

Prabhakar Vardhan

Expansion of the kingdom/ empire

The Gupta empire spread from Assam upto the Punjab. He also conquered the eastern coastal region up to Kanchi Tamil Nadu.

Harshavardhan, expanded the Vardhan Empire up to Nepal in the north, up to the river Narmada in the south, Assam in the east and Gujarat in the west.

Achievements

(i) A pillar inscription at Prayag describes Samudragupta conquest and victories.

(i) Trade flourished.
(ii) Knowledge also flourished, we know this as the famous Nalanda University existed during this time.
(iii) He wrote three Sanskrit plays Ratnavali, Naganand and Priyadarshika.