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The Guptas and after
The Guptas and after for UPSC Prelims and Mains, taught in 4 parts. Each part has tables, exam traps, a recap and practice questions, and every paragraph is explained in Telugu.
Parts of this chapter
The Gupta empire and the Vakatakas
The sources for the Guptas; Sri Gupta, Chandragupta I and the Gupta era; Samudragupta and the Allahabad prashasti; Chandragupta II, the Western Kshatrapas and the Vakataka marriage; Fa-Hien's account; Kumaragupta I, Skandagupta and the Hunas; the decline of the empire; the Vakatakas of the Deccan and Ajanta.The Gupta age: state, society and culture
Gupta kingship and officials; provinces, districts and the Kotivarsha board; land grants, samantas, taxes and forced labour; coins, guilds and trade; caste, the kayasthas and the position of women; Vaishnavism, the Puranas, Buddhism and the Valabhi council; early temples, sculpture and Ajanta; Kalidasa and other writers; Aryabhata, Varahamihira and zero; the golden age debate.After the Guptas: Harsha and the north
The successor states of the north; the Pushyabhutis of Thanesar and Harsha's rise; his wars, Pulakeshin II and the Narmada; feudatories, land grants and the Banskhera and Madhuban plates; Hiuen Tsang and the Kannauj and Prayag assemblies; Harsha's plays, Banabhatta and Nalanda; Yashovarman and Lalitaditya; the tripartite struggle for Kannauj, the Palas and the Pratiharas; the Arab conquest of Sindh.The early medieval south
The Pallavas of Kanchi from Mahendravarman I to Rajasimha; the Chalukyas of Badami, Pulakeshin II and the Aihole inscription; Aihole, Badami and Pattadakal; the Rashtrakutas, the Kailasa temple, Amoghavarsha I and Takkolam; the imperial Cholas from Vijayalaya to Kulottunga I; Chola village assemblies and the Uttaramerur inscriptions; the Dravida temple, Chola bronzes, the Alvars and Nayanars.Study this in the Upscore app to keep notes, save it for revision, track your practice scores and follow a plan to the exam date. It's free.
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