What were the accomplishments of the Gupta Dynasty and why is it called a golden age of India?

Answer 1

The famous historian L.D. Barnett compared Gupta period to the Periclean Age of the Greeks and described it as the Classical Age of India.

The Gupta dynasty was referred to as the golden age because this was the period in Indian history when literature, architecture, and fine arts flourished and were at the peak of excellence.

Classical age is where literature, architecture, and fine arts reach a high level of excellence to form a standard for later times. Therefore, all other art forms that would come about in the future would be compared to the art forms made during the Gupta period. Numerous things were achieved during the Gupta age in India.

India's greatest philosophers and play-writes existed at this time and the famous Sanskrit author named Kalidasa wrote two dramas and three poems, and he was known as the Shakespeare of India.

During Gupta dynasty many outstanding ideas of mathematics evolved, like Binary number system, decimal system, negative numbers, algebra, and the concept of zero.

The coins of the Gupta age were spectacular, and are one of the main resources to historians who study the Gupta empire in depth.

To know more details about the Gupta empire, one recommended book is "The wonder that was India" by A.L Basham