Guptas Study Materials

TNPSC Syllabus of History & Culture of India

1. Indus Valley Civilization – Guptas, Delhi Sultans, Mughals and Marathas – Age of Vijayanagaram and Bahmani Kingdoms – South Indian History.
2. Change and Continuity in the Socio-Cultural History of India.
3. Characteristics of Indian Culture, Unity in Diversity – Race, Language, Custom.
4. India as a Secular State, Social Harmony.

Guptas Syllabus based topics with PDF links in English & Tamil

Micro-topics of Guptas

Mauryan Empire

• Mauryan Empire – Chandragupta & Bindusara
• Ashoka
• Intro to The Mauryan State and Polity
• The Mauryan State Administration
• Ashoka’s Dharmic State
• Economy and Society
• The Mauryan Empire – Urbanisation, Art & Culture

Post-Mauryan India

• Indo-Greeks in India
• Post-Mauryan – The Tamil Kingdoms
• Sakas, Parthians and Kushanas

Gupta Empire

• Gupta Period – Origins of the Gupta Dynasty
• Gupta Period – Sources
• Gupta Period – Chandragupta I and Empire Building
• Gupta Period – Samudragupta
• Gupta Period – Chandragupta II
• Gupta Period – Administrative System
• Gupta Period – Fahien’s account on Mathura and Pataliputra
• Gupta Period – Industry: Mining and Metallurgy
• Gupta Period – Division of the Empire
• Gupta Period – Economic Condition
• Gupta Period – Trade and Commerce
• Gupta Period – Art and Architecture
• Gupta Period – Science & Technology
• Gupta Period – Literature
• Gupta Period – Decline of the Gupta Empire

Post-Gupta Rule

• Harsha – Introduction
• Vardhana dynasty – Pushyabhutis
• Harsha’s Military Conquests
• Harsha – Division of the Empire
• Harsha Administration
• Harsha – Society, Religious Policy & Art
• The Palas Rule in India
• The Rashtrakutas Rule in India