INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Gupta emperors patronized both Shaivism and Vaishnavism. However, the personal religion of most of the Gupta rulers was Vaishnavism which led to the creation of a number of important Vaishnava centers and Vaishnava sculptures in the Gupta period.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Gupta rulers patronised all cultural activities and thus Gupta period was called the golden era in Indian History.

Detailed explanation-3: -This center of Buddhist learning was built in a place that the Buddha himself had visited a number of times, and was patronized by the Gupta kings. Much of the literature produced during the Gupta dynasty was poetry and drama.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Gupta rulers were called Vaishnavas because they were the devotees of “Lord Vishnu".

Detailed explanation-5: -Samudragupta patronized learned men in his court and appointed them as his ministers.