Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture - North and South India
author: Michael W. Meister
edition: 1986, American Institute of Indian Studies
pages: 6147
Topic: History
Chapter 2 - Guptas and Their Feudatories
This chapter describes Guptas and Their Feudatories located on page 19 in the book Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture (North and South India) compiled by Michael W. Meister, George Michell and M. A. Dhaky. These books deal with Indian temples from the early centuries. South India developed the Dravidian style while North India expressed symbolic experimentation of the divine manifestation.
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A Historical Study of Kaushambi [by Nirja Sharma]
The Vakatakas then sank into the position of mere feudatories of the great Gupta empire. Since then Kaushambi was under the supremacy of the Guptas. Samudragupta started his Aryavarta compaign from his capital and his first pitched battle in which Samudragupta won a decided victory and consequently supremacy over northern India was fought at Kaushambi in 344 or 345 A. D. According to Prayaga Prashasti Samudragupta during his Aryavarta expedition defeated king Rudradeva....
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Impact of Vedic Culture on Society [by Kaushik Acharya]
Still, soon it becomes an official title applied to feudatories and not to Imperial rulers. To distinguish the feudatories from themselves, the imperial Guptas adopted the title Maharajadhiraja indicative of their imperial power and sovereign position. The polity, during this period, witnessed significant changes in political, social, and religious spheres....
Read full contents: Changes in Administration and Polity in Later Vedic Era
Stupas in Orissa (Study) [by Meenakshi Chauley]
During the Gupta period. [Full title: Political and Religious History of Orissa (8): During the Gupta period] The Guptas were mainly Vaishnavites. Their reign brought back Brahmanical Hinduism in limelight that was fading due to the popularity of other religious sects. It is evident that Buddhist establishments existed, during the Gupta period which shows that the Gupta s had supremacy over the southern part of Orissa up to the second half of the sixth century CE....
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