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Gupta Period: Golden Age of Ancient india

Ruler	Title	Achievement
Shree Gupta	Maharaj	Founder of gupta Dynasty
Chadragupta-1st	Maharajadhiraj	Real founder of Gupta dynasty He started The Gupta Era in AD 319-20
Samundragupta	Nepolian of India Kviraja	Victory over south indian rullers Victory over south indian rullers
Chandragupta-2nd	Vikramaditya	In his reign gupta's first capital is Pataliputra and second is Ujjaini Fahien visited india during this period
Kumargupta	Maharajadhiraj, Param-Bhattaraka Mahendraditya	Founder of Nalanda University (Bihar)
Skandagupta	Vikramaditya	Renovation of Sudarshan lake He defeated Hunas

Famous Temple of the Gupta Age

Temple	Location
Vishnu Temple	Tigawa (Jabalpur)
Shiva Tempale	Bhumara (Nagaud)
Parvati Temple	Nachna Kuthara
Dashavatara Temple	Deogarh (Jhansi)
Bhitargaon Temple	Bhitargaon
Jarasangh's Sitting	Rajgriha (Bihar)

Literature Of Gupta Period

Writer	Literature
Kalidasa	Vikramovarshiya, Malavikagnimitram, Raghuvansa, Ritusambharam,Meghdutam, Abhigyan Shakuntalam
Bhasa	Swapnavasavadatta, Charudatta and Pratignayaugandharayana
Vishakhadatta	Mudrarakshasa, Devichandraguptam
Shudraka	Mrichchakatika
Amarsimha	Amarkosha
Chandragomin	Chandravyakarana
Vishnu Sharma	Panchatantra, Hito padesha
Banbhatta	Harshcharita

Mauryan dynasty

Founder	Chandragupta Maurya (322 BC)
Capital	Pataliputa
Important Literature	Arthashastra (By Kautilya/Chanakya)
Greek traveller	Megasthenes(Greek Ambassador, who wrote 'Indica')
Construction of sudarshan lake	Chandragupta Maurya
Death of Chandragupta Maurya	shravanbelgola (298 BC)
Great Maurya samarat	Ashoka (273 BC)
One who decipher the ashoka edicts	James princep (1837 BC)
Famous battle of Ashoka	Battle of Kalinga (261 BC)
Titles of Ashoka	Devanampriya, priyadasi
scripts of Ashokan Edicts	Brahmi, Kharosthi, Unani and Armaik

Important officials of Mauryan Dynasty

officials	Post
Sannidhata	Chief Treassury Officer
Samaharta	The Collector General of Revenue
Gopa	Responsible for Acounts
Dandapal	Police Chief
Antapal	Chief of the Forntier Defence
Vyavaharika	Chief judge
Paura	Governer of the Capital

16 Mahajanapadas

Mahajanapadas

Mahajanapada	Capital	Modern Area
Kashi	Varanasi	District of Varanasi in UP
Anga	Chamanagari	Bhagalpur, Munger
Vajji	Vashali	Mithila,Vashali
Chedi	Suktimati	Bundelkhand area
Kuru	Hastinapur	Haryana
Matsya	Virat nagar	Alwar, Jaipur and Bharatpur
Assaka	Budanya	Western part of Pakistan
Gandhra	Takshashila	Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Kosala	Shravasti	Faizabad, Gonda, Bahraich in UP
Magadh	Rajgrih	Patna, Gaya
Malla	Kushinagar	Gorakhpur, Basti Pawa
Vatsa	Kaushambi	Allahabad, Mirzapur
Panchala	Ahichhatra	Western UP
Surasena	Mathura	Braj Mandal
Awanti	Ujjain	Malwa Region
Kamboja	Rajpur	Eastern Pakistan