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The economic achievements of the Guptas were the culmination of a process which began during the Kushanas. Comment.

  • UPSC 2022
  • Guptas, Vakatakas and Vardhanas

The Kushana (c. 1st-3rd century CE) and Gupta (c. 4th-6th century CE) empires followed one another closely enough in time that continuity between them is plausible on chronological grounds alone. The real question is whether Gupta prosperity was genuinely the maturing of processes the Kushanas had set in motion, or whether Gupta-period sources describe an…

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