A History of India-Eng

A History of India-Eng

MEDIEVAL KINGDOMS

The early medieval age is also defi ned by new states and religious ideologies.

Evidence of these political and religious changes dates from the time of the
Gupta kings, beginning in the fourth century. That theirs was considered a
classical age for near contemporaries is suggested by the practice of some
succeeding dynasties of dating inscriptions in accordance with the Gupta era,
but for many modern historians the Guptas were special because many practices
and ideas that were to distinguish Indian society for the next thousand
years are traced to the time of their age.

Indeed, the medieval millennium can
be demarcated by the widely separated reigns of two kings: Samudragupta,
335 – 75 ce , and Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara, 1509 – 29. Each represented
a model in his own age and within his own dynastic tradition, as well as in
the judgement of modern historians.

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