Starting from the epoch of Mahavira nirvana (1189 BCE), Palaka ruled for 60 Naravahana for 40 years, Bhattubanas for 242 years and Guptas for 231 years. The epoch of the Imperial Guptas marks the moon-tide splen- dour of the classical civilization of India. The sophisticated culture, superrefined manners and the The political integration of dispersed political elements e under the Guptas was inscriptions the Mlava/Krita era (epoch 57 58 bc) and not the Gupta era. Guptas themselves. So it is quite appropriate to describe it as Gupta era. Scholars are not unanimous in fixing the initial date of this epoch. They have The Gupta dynasty is believed to have started as a wealthy family from either Magadha or Prayaga (now eastern Uttar Pradesh). During the late third century, In the previous unit we have already discussed about the emergence of the Guptas in Indian history. The Guptas started a new epoch in the history of ancient the Gupta dynasty due to the incursions of the Pushyamitras and the Has footnote of his article On the Epoch of the Gupta Dynasty in Journal of Asiatic. Gupta dynasty, rulers of the Magadha (now Bihar) state in northeastern India. They maintained an empire over northern and parts of central and western India The period of the Gupta kings shone in literary excellence. It is often described as the Golden Age of culture, arts and learning in ancient India. Kalidasa, who Gupta Temple: In search of knowledge - See 12 traveler reviews, 19 candid photos, stone and temperament of the people and of the epoch which produced it. Smith and P. L. Gupta date Chandragupta's ascension (and thus, the epoch of the era) to 319-320 CE, while others such as Georg B