Aftermath

The Gupta empire lasted to about 550 CE. One of the most famous emerors was Samudragupta. He was a great warrior and made a big difference under the rule of the Gupta empire. During Samudragupta's ruling the Gupta terretories had expanded. Even after he was emperor the other rulers practiced and followed his ways. Even though the Gupta had followed still followed his ways it sooned collapsed. While under the rule of Vishnugupta the empire had fallen because of internal and external pressures. Some internal issues were because of politics. Politics soon began to become weak because the regional lords began to gain increasingly autonomy and the number of succesion disputes increased. Later in 500 CE many people were declaring independence and refused to pay taxes. They then had trouble collecting tax money which means less protection from invasian from the north. The external issues soon came in. The Gupta empire had taken many threats and invasions from the north causing the Gupta treasury to drain. Even though the north did not over run the Gupta empire it financially drained them causing it to collapse. By the end of the Gupta empire, weapons were very scarce because of the attacks of the north. After the collapse the white Huns attackes and destroyed cities and reduces Hindu tmeples to rubble. Also the Feudal Provinces declared independece and India had seperated into independent kingdoms. India is then not unified until the Muslims in the eleventh century.

Impact

After the collapse of the Gupta Empire, many states were at war with each other. This lasted for the next 500 years. Eventually, a new empire came about when a man named Chandragupta took the throne and inherited it to his son. Samudragupta, the former ruler's son, was a warrior of his time. He wanted all of India under his rule, so he created wars and defeated twenty-one kings in his attempt to achieve this goal. Also, during what was known as the Hindu Renaissance, India made many technological advancements. It's said that the idea of zero was created during this time. We use zero for a lot of things, especially money. India also invented chess. It is said that the game was supposed to show the ruler of the time how important everyone was to his majesty. Along with these few examples, many advancements of the Gupta Empire are still used today.