| Volume - IX |
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| Culture Course |
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THE GUPTA AGE |
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This cultural
efflorescence spilled over to the frontiers of the Gupta empire and spread overseas to
places as far away as Java, Bali, Sumatra and Siam among others. We have evidences
of their spread even to countries in the central and eastern Asia. Indian missionaries
worked in far away China!
The University of Nalanda which functioned in this Age is the greatest tribute to the
intellectual eminence of this Age. Itsfame reached the farthest corners of the continent
attracting students and scholars from overseas. It also indicates the existence at that
time of a great international culture with India as its centre. Samudragupta issued a large variety of gold coins. He is the pioneer
of Hindu coinage. |
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