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 8 - Later Guptas and Minor Dynasties
This chapter describes Later Guptas and Minor Dynasties located on page 101 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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Impact of Vedic Culture on Society [by Kaushik Acharya]
With the fall of the Guptas, some new dynasties,e. g. , Panduvamshis, Maitrakas, early Kalacuris, and others, started to gain their power in northern India. It is from the land grant charters issued by the kings of these dynasties except the Maitrakas, a few instances of migration recorded in the early period of our study. (* 1) Govind Sadashiv Ghurye, Indian Costume, p. 43. (* 2) USVAE, vol....
Read full contents: Sanskrit Inscriptions (A): The Vakatakas
A Historical Study of Kaushambi [by Nirja Sharma]
Kaushambi under the Gupta Dynasty (350 to about 500 A. D. ). Before the rise of the Guptas the Vatsa region was ruled over by the successors of the Maghas, whose names are known from coins and inscriptions. To the south-west of the Vatsa kingdom the Nagas had occupied the vast region from Vidisha. Eran in the south to Mathura in the north. They had four centres, viz. Vidisha, Padmavati, Kantípuri and Mathura....
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Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain [by Chirantani Das]
They probably ruled over Varanasi till the rise of the Guptas. Four Gupta coins of Candragupta, kumara gupta I and Skanda gupta and some tiny objects of the Gupta times were found here. Bhitari Pillar inscription of Skandagupta, Sarnath Buddhist Image Inscription of Kumaragupta II, Sarnath Buddha Stone inscription of Buddhagupta were all found in the vicinity of Varanasi. On the basis of these epigraphic evidences it has been suggested that the Guptas held their sway all over the region....
Read full contents: Part 16 - Varanasi from proto historic to historic context
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