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 The Sultanates of Delhi were the important figure in Indian history. We cannot skip this chapter without any lapses. India's fertility invited many invaders in Medieval India. Much known was Muhamed- Bin-Quasim who invaded with a remarkable attitude who ravaged almost everything but he only touched the rim of India. The most important invader was Gazini Muhammed who invaded India approximately 17 times and defeated the Shahi dynasty. His most important invasion was the Somnath temple invasion(1025) which was his 16th invasion where he destroyed every important information about the temple even he plundered every wealth in that Somnath temple. Somnath temple      The history indicates the invasions till now but then came Gori Muhammed who intended to live in India and defeated Prithiviraj Chauhan, Rajput king in the Battle of Terrain(1192) even Gori Muhammed lost the first battle of Terrain(1191) to Prithiviraj Chauhan.  GORI        ...

  SATAVAHANA DYNASTY Satavahana Dynasty The Satavahana Dynasty was one of the famous dynasties in the Pre-Gupta period. This dynasty prevailed north Maharastra and gradually extended its power over Karnataka and Andhra. And Satavahanas were often stated as Andhras as the sources assigned it with it. The most famous rulers of this dynasty were Gauthamiputra Satakarni and his successor Vashishthiputra Pulamayi. They strongly believed and desired to control India in one rule and stood against the external allies. THE SAKAS The Sakas     The Sakas were of Iranian origin and settled in the region of Indus Valleys' civilization. They even embraced Indian culture and so their coins represent Hindu gods. They also overthrew the Satavahanas during the supremacy of Rudraman who was deemed the major Saka ruler. THE KUSHANS The Kushanas     Kanishka was the well-known ruler in the Kushans dynasty, which this kingdom ruled over Afghanistan and their territories later they ex...

GUPTA DYNASTY  THE GOLDEN AGE OF INDIA              As we seen in our previous post, The Great Gupta dynasty had reigned India for nearly 400 years, a classical pattern of imperial rule evolved during their rule. This period was considered as the golden age of India known for its prosperity. In this age, various field like literature, medicine, art, architecture, philosophy, mathematics, etc .. were highly developed. In this post, we going to seek about Gupta's Administration, Ministry, Postings, Taxations, Military, Lands & irrigations, Literature. Medicine, and trade.  KING AND OTHER OFFICIALS:               In the age of Guptas, the King was regarded as the God's representative. Whatever he does was unquestionable  because he seen like a God.  The kings were called by their titles such as Maharajadhiraja, Parameshwara, Paramabhattaraka, Paramadaivata, Paramabhagavatha . The King's ministry c...

LAST EMPERORS OF GUPTA DYNASTY SKANDHAGUPTA:             " Skandhagupta" was one of the great gupta emperor, who succeeded the throne after his father Kumaragupta . It was mentioned in the Bhitari pillar inscription that he was the successor of Kumaragupta. Like his father, he reigned the inherited empire during  455 CE- 467 CE.   There is huge information discovered on his reign and conquests. But, it is said that he defeated Huns , tribal people of central Asia who defeated Roman dynasty and who had been a torture for Gupta empire for years.   Bhitari pillar inscriptions           Skandhagupta didn't destroyed or Conquered the Huns completely. But, the Huns recurrently invaded. The continous battle with Huns strained the coffers of his empire. Skandhagupta was consider to be the last powerful emperor. There is no much evidence of his Successors and their battles and conquests. In his reign, the gupta empire st...

 India is a country that has a large number of mystery facts within it. Comparatively, the Indian subcontinent has numerous history which it couldn't comprise in a little package. So we are about to explore an enormous subject and that's the matter. Many kingdoms exist in India, which has an interesting history with boldness, chivalry, grit, and mystery. Every kingdom aka Dynasty starts with the decline of another great kingdom. One of the most significant kingdoms was The Gupta. Every nook and corner of India and almost all parts of the world knows about this kingdom. Their arts and architecture create amazement and even questionable. Amazement in the sense of their architecture such as the Iron pillar which stood there without any case of rusting, Ajanta caves  Ajanta caves with so many wall paintings that weren't eradicated over the years, and Nalanda University , the first known Indian university. We are here to see every kind of fact about them in our following post ...

  KUMARAGUPTA       SON         OF      Chandragupta II ♥ Dhurvadevi REIGN       _        415 CE - 455 CE TITLES      #        Chakradhithya                            "Kumaragupta" was one of the great Emperor of gupta dynasty, who was succeeded the throne after Chandragupta II. He reigned a inherited large empire, which was conquered by his predecessors. There is no concrete information on his conquests. But, he may faced some battles with Pushyamitras and Huns, who were continously invaded during gupta's reign. From his coins and inscriptions, which was founded in some places other than his inherited territory, we may consider that Kumaragupta conquered the South western parts near Maharastra and his coins also discovered in South Gujarat, which was reigned by  Traikutaka dynasty ....

  CHANDRAGUPTA II (380-415 CE) SON              of       Samudragupta ♥ Datta devi SIBLING        -      Rama Gupta REIGN            _      380 CE - 415 CE TITLES           #      Vikramadhithya, Deva gupta, Deva Sri, Narendra simha, Simha chandra, Narendra Chandra.            "Chandragupta II"  was a capable ruler of Gupta dynasty, who was succeeded the throne after his father 'Samudragupta' facing a succession struggle with his brother 'Rama gupta' . Having Pataliputra as his capital, Chandragupta II extended his territory by conquering places and also by martimonial alliances. He build a relationship with the south Indian kings. He married off his daughter Prabhavati to Vakataka prince Rudrasena , who ruled the strategic lands of Deccan.  With the help of his allianc...

  SAMUDRA GUPTA(335-380 CE) BORN       @    Indraprastha SON          of    Chandragupta I ♥ Kumaradevi REIGN       _      335 CE to 380 CE TITLES      #      Maharajadhiraja, Kaviraja, Purusha (i.e. supreme being- titled by himself) DIED         @    Pataliputra          " Samudragupta " was one of the important ruler among Guptas, who succeeded the thorne after his father 'Chandragupta I'. He extended his territory from North to Southern parts of India. Samudragupta was known to be the first ever North Indian ruler who made invasion to South India. He invaded upto Kanchipuram, which was ruled by pallava king ' Vishugopa '. Samudragupta defeated Vishugopa and made to pay homeage. Samudragupta made Southern kings to pay tribute and annexed many northern kingdoms. He had conquered the empire of many rulers and ...