Tag: kannauj: age of harshavardhana

Fa - Hien is the famous Chinese pilgrim who visited India during the reign of Chandragupta II. Fa - Hien started from China in 399 A.D and covering all the way through the deserts came up to Peshawar.

Samudragupta issued Archer type of coin. The obverses of such coins represent the king with a bow and garud-dhvaja. The name of Samudragupta is written under the left hand. On the four sides of the king there is a word written in a circular form. And the word can be mentioned as 'Apratiratho vijtya kshitia sucharitai divam jayati'. On the reverse of the coin goddess Lakshami has been represented seated on the throne and having in her hand the flower of lotus. The right side of this figure the word 'Kratantaparashu' is written.

Meghavarman sent a missionary to Samudragupta for permission to build a Buddhist temple at Gaya. Samudragupta granted permission to Buddhist king of Ceylon Meghavarman to build a monastery at Bodh Gaya.

The Junagarh rock insciption of Rudraadaman says that dam on the Sudarshan lake for irrigation was constructed by Pushyagupta. Pushyagupta, the governor of Saurashtra under Chandragupta Maurya constructed Sudarshan lake.

Kumaragupta's coins bore the image of Kartikeya, Peacock, and Garuda. He was one of the last great emperors of the Gupta dynasty. His reign lasted for 40 years. He inherited the empire, which had reached the peak of its glory under his father Chandragupta II.

An important port of the eastern coast during the Gupta period was Tamralipti. Rest all ports are on western coast.