{"slug": "gupta-empire", "label": "Gupta Empire", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gupta_Empire", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11774", "qid": "Q11774", "description": "ancient Indian empire (c. 3rd century CE–575 CE)", "entries": 24, "years": 20, "span": [240, 550], "span_label": ["240 CE", "550 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 8}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "india", "label": "India", "shared": 9}, {"slug": "huns", "label": "Huns", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "uttar-pradesh", "label": "Uttar Pradesh", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "diplomacy", "label": "Diplomacy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "maharashtra", "label": "Maharashtra", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 240, "year_label": "240 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Maharaja Sri-Gupta becomes ruler of the Gupta Empire (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371189859#India", "title": "240", "revid": 1371189859, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": 280, "year_label": "280 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "The Gupta Empire (India) is founded (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367495474#India", "title": "280", "revid": 1367495474, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": 280, "year_label": "280 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Approximate date – Gupta, founder of the Gupta Empire", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367495474#Deaths", "title": "280", "revid": 1367495474, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 319, "year_label": "319 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Ghatotkacha, Indian ruler of the Gupta Empire", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372362353#Deaths", "title": "319", "revid": 1372362353, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 335, "year_label": "335 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Samudragupta succeeds Chandragupta I as king of the Gupta Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351653069#Asia", "title": "335", "revid": 1351653069, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 341, "year_label": "341 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Samudragupta of the Gupta Empire, during a decade, extends his kingdom and his influence. A pillar found at Allahabad sings his praises.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1317828287#India", "title": "341", "revid": 1317828287, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": 348, "year_label": "348 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In India, Samudragupta of the Gupta Empire defeats Rudrasena in battle.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367114391#Asia", "title": "348", "revid": 1367114391, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 375, "year_label": "375 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Chandragupta II becomes ruler of the Gupta Empire (India). He is the son of Samudragupta the Great and retains his reign by an aggressive expansionist policy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349205031#India", "title": "375", "revid": 1349205031, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": 375, "year_label": "375 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Samudragupta, Indian emperor of the Gupta Empire", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349205031#Deaths", "title": "375", "revid": 1349205031, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 380, "year_label": "380 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Samudragupta, ruler of the Gupta Empire", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1281452530#Date_unknown", "title": "380", "revid": 1281452530, "section": "Deaths › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 388, "year_label": "388 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Chandragupta II, ruler of the Gupta Empire, begins a war against the Shaka Dynasty in West India.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1321355496#India", "title": "388", "revid": 1321355496, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": 390, "year_label": "390 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Rudrasena II of Vakataka succeeds his father, Prithivishena I. In the same year he marries Prabhavatigupta, daughter of the Gupta king Chandragupta II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355430318#India", "title": "390", "revid": 1355430318, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": 395, "year_label": "395 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Rudrasimha III, ruler of the Western Satraps (India), is defeated by the Gupta Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334185587#India", "title": "395", "revid": 1334185587, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": 413, "year_label": "413 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Kumaragupta I succeeds his father Chandragupta II as emperor of the Gupta Empire (India).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366415001#Asia", "title": "413", "revid": 1366415001, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 413, "year_label": "413 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Chandragupta II, emperor of the Gupta Empire", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366415001#Deaths", "title": "413", "revid": 1366415001, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 415, "year_label": "415 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Chandragupta II, emperor of the Gupta Empire (India) (probable date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367501934#Deaths", "title": "415", "revid": 1367501934, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 420, "year_label": "420 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Gupta Empire reaches its peak territorial extent under Chandragupta II and his son Kumaragupta I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371542443#Asia", "title": "AD 420", "revid": 1371542443, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 455, "year_label": "455 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Skandagupta succeeds Kumaragupta I as ruler of the Gupta Empire (India). During his reign he crushes the Hun invasion; however, the expense of the wars drains the empire's resources and contributes to its decline.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364739434#Asia", "title": "455", "revid": 1364739434, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 455, "year_label": "455 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Kumaragupta I, ruler of the Gupta Empire (India)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364739434#Deaths", "title": "455", "revid": 1364739434, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 467, "year_label": "467 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Skandagupta, ruler of the Gupta Empire (India)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360138919#Deaths", "title": "467", "revid": 1360138919, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 474, "year_label": "474 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "A statue of a Standing Buddha from Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, (during the Gupta period) is made. It is now kept at the Sarnath Museum in India (source states the creation date as 1st to 2nd century BCE).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360137662#Art", "title": "474", "revid": 1360137662, "section": "Events › By topic › Art"}}, {"year": 475, "year_label": "475 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "A Bodhisattva (detail of a wall painting in the Ajanta Caves) in Maharashtra (India) of the Gupta period) is made (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360137651#Art", "title": "475", "revid": 1360137651, "section": "Events › By topic › Art"}}, {"year": 480, "year_label": "480 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Budhagupta, ruler of the Gupta Empire, establishes diplomatic relations with the Kannauj Kingdom and drives the Huns out of the fertile plains of northern India.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364739995#Asia", "title": "480", "revid": 1364739995, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 550, "year_label": "550 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Gupta Empire falls; India is again ruled by regional kingdoms (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340799644#Asia", "title": "550", "revid": 1340799644, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}]}