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Detailed explanation-1: -Recently, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) discovered remains of an ancient temple dating back to the Gupta period (5th century) in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Etah district.

Detailed explanation-2: -The script was discovered in 1836 on a brass trident in Uttarakhand’s Barahat by English scholar James Prinsep, who was the founding editor of the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.

Detailed explanation-3: -Agra The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) found stairs and platform of a temple dating back to the Gupta period, during excavation at a protected site near Aliganj town of Etah district. “There is a protected site in Bilsad village near Aliganj area of Etah district in Uttar Pradesh.

Detailed explanation-4: -Important inscriptions of Gupta period • Mathura inscriptions of Chandragupta II • Eran stone inscription of Samudragupta. Gadhwa inscription of Chandragupta II • Gadhwa stone inscription of Kumaragupta • Indore Copper Plate inscription of Skandagupta.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Chaukhandi Stupa was built during the Gupta period (4th and 5th century CE) and is believed to mark the place where the Buddha first met a group of five ascetics (who were later to become his first disciples). Rectangular in shape, with steps leading upwards, it was decorated with sculptures of the Buddha.