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Describe the expansion of the Gupta empire under Samudragupta.
- UPSC 2006
- Guptas, Vakatakas and Vardhanas
Almost everything known about the expansion of the Gupta empire under Samudragupta comes from a single, extraordinary text — the prashasti inscribed on the Ashokan pillar at Allahabad — and reading it carefully shows that his "empire" was not one uniform territory but a graded structure combining direct annexation, tributary subordination and diplomatic paramountcy, each…
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- The Allahabad Prashasti: Source and Character
- The Inherited Base
- Campaigns in Aryavarta and the Forest Kingdoms
- The Dakshinapatha Campaign: Capture and Release
- Frontier States and Tribal Oligarchies
- External Powers and the Idiom of Paramountcy
- …and 2 more sections, with a conclusion
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