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Gupta - LoveToKnow 1911 (477 words) |
 | The dynasty was founded by Chandragupta I., who must not be confounded with his famous predecessor Chandragupta Maurya. |
| The Gupta dynasty appears to have fostered a revival of Brahmanism at the expense of Buddhism, and to have given an impulse to art and literature. |
| When Skandagupta came to the throne in 455, India was threatened with an irruption of the White Huns, on whom he inflicted a severe defeat, thus saving his kingdom for a time; but about 470 the White Huns (see Ephthalites) returned to the attack, and the empire was gradually destroyed by their repeated inroads. |
| Gupta Empire (557 words) |
| The origins of the Guptas are shrouded in obscurity. |
| At the beginning of the 4th century the Guptas ruled a few small kingdoms in Magadha[?] and Uttar Pradesh. |
| Chandragupta is the first of the Guptas to be referred to as `Maharajadhiraja' or `King of Kings'. |
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