| The culture of the Guptas and their innate Brahmanism gave a fillip to the arts, and in the field of architecture fundamental progress was made. |
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| Built by the Guptas, this ruined, but well-conserved, temple was reputedly the first northern Indian temple with a shikhara or spire. |
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| Under the Guptas, a renewed Hinduism based on devotion rather than the management of ritual began to assert itself. |
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| They were the most important successors of the Satavahanas in the Deccan and contemporaneous with the Guptas in northern India. |
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| The peace and prosperity created under leadership of Guptas enabled the pursuit of scientific and artistic endeavours in India. |
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| The Pallavas, during the 4th to 9th centuries were, alongside the Guptas of the North, great patronisers of Sanskrit development in the South of the Indian subcontinent. |
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| The Kushan period is a fitting prelude to the Age of the Guptas. |
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