Includes bibliographical references (pages 827-916) and index.
Contents:
Section I. Overview and sources -- Section II. Origin of the Guptas -- Section III. The foundation of an empire -- Section IV. The consolidation of the empire -- Section V. Decline of the Guptas -- Section VI. The apparatus of the empire -- Section VII. Religion and the state. -- Section VIII. Culture and the legitimization of royal authority.
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