Chandragupta II

Examples of Chandragupta II in the following topics:

• Rise of the Gupta Empire

  • According to the Gupta records, Samudragupta nominated his son, Prince Chandragupta II, born of Queen Dattadevi, as his successor.
  • However, his eldest son, Ramagupta, may have been his immediate successor until he was dethroned by Chandragupta II in 380 CE.
  • After gaining power, Chandragupta II expanded the Gupta Empire through conquest and political marriages until the end of his reign in 413 CE.
  • The period of Gupta rule, especially the reign of Chandragupta II, is still remembered as the Golden Age of India.
  • The Iron Pillar of Delhi, India, erected by Chandragupta II to honor the Hindu god Vishnu, in the 4th century CE.

• The Golden Age of India

  • Although Chandragupta I and his son, Samudragupta, were prominent rulers, the reign of Chandragupta II included the greatest promotion of science, art, philosophy, and religion by the government.
  • Chandragupta's court was even more influential than those that came before or after because it contained the Navaratnas, or the Nine Jewels, a group of nine scholars who produced advancements in many academic fields.
  • Fa Xian was one of the first Chinese travelers to visit India during the reign of Gupta Emperor Chandragupta II.
  • Scholars during the reign of Chandragupta II contributed many scientific advancements in the fields of astronomy, mathematics, and medicine.

• Decline of the Gupta Empire

  • The Gupta Empire flourished, in military and territorial conquests as well as cultural and scholastic advancements, during the reign of Emperor Chandragupta II.
  • In 415 CE, Chandragupta II was succeeded by his second son, Kumaragupta I, who ruled successfully until 455 CE.
  • Thereafter came a succession of weak kings, beginning with Kumaragupta II from 473-476 CE, followed by Budhagupta, the son of Purugupta.

• Gupta and Post-Gupta

  • The most notable rulers of the Gupta period were Chandragupta I, Samudragupta the Great, and Chandragupta II the Great.
  • Chandragupta included in his court the Navaratna, or Nine Jewels, a group of nine exceptional scholars and poets.
  • The Gupta Empire quickly declined under the successors of Chandragupta II.

• Buddhist Wall Paintings

  • The Gupta Empire quickly declined under the successors of Chandragupta II.

• Expansion of the Maurya Empire

  • In 305 BCE, Emperor Chandragupta Maurya led a series of campaigns to retake the satrapies left behind by Alexander the Great when he returned westward.
  • In return, Chandragupta sent 500 war elephants, a military asset which would play a decisive role in Seleucus' victory against western Hellenistic kings at the Battle of Ipsus in 301 BCE.
  • Later, Ptolemy II Philadelphus, the ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt, sent an ambassador named Dionysius to the Mauryan court.
  • Chandragupta Maurya ruled from 322 BCE until his voluntary retirement and abdication, in favor of his son, Bindusara, in 298 BCE.
  • Chandragupta extended the borders of the Maurya Empire toward Seleucid Persia, after defeating Seleucus c. 305 BCE.

• Rise of the Maurya Empire

  • Chandragupta Maurya founded the Maurya Empire in 322 BCE when he conquered the kingdom of Magadha and the northwestern Macedonian satrapies.
  • Chanakya encouraged the young Chandragupta Maurya and his army to take over the throne of Magadha.
  • Rakshasa became Chandragupta's chief advisor, and Chanakya assumed the position of an elder statesman.
  • Statue of Chandragupta Maurya at the Birla Mandir Hindu temple, Delhi
  • Chandragupta Maurya conquered the kingdom of Magadha to found the Maurya Empire in 231 BCE, at the age of 21.

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• Maurya Dynasty

  • Founded by Chandragupta Maurya, who overthrew the previous Nanda Dynasty, by 320 BCE the empire had fully occupied Northwestern India.
  • The second emperor of the Maurya Dynasty was the son of Chandragupta, who expanded the empire further but never achieved the same level of notoriety as his own son, Ashoka.