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Gupta, a. and n.|ˈgʊptə|
[f. Chandragupta, name of the founder of the dynasty.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to a dynasty which ruled in north India from the fourth to the sixth century a.d.
B. n. A member of this dynasty. Hence ˈGuptan a.
[1845Encycl. Metropolitana XVI. 354/2 Four families of the Vaïdyas were raised by the same Prince to the rank of Culínas; their family names are Séna, Mallíca, Datta, and Gupta.] 1871E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 2) II. 440/2 The following is a table of the Gupta kings. Ibid., ‘Elder Guptas’. 1880Encycl. Brit. XIII. 120/2 All the Gupta inscriptions are dated in the Gupta-kála, the Gupta era, the epoch of which has long been and still remains a subject of dispute. Ibid., After the Sáhs come the Guptas of Kanauj, a dynasty which must not be confounded with the Maurya dynasty. 1939A. J. Toynbee Study Hist. VI. 193 A Guptan ‘Indian Summer’..was followed..by the blight of an irruption of Eurasian Nomads. 1947Auden Age of Anxiety (1948) v. 103 The Ghuzz, the Guptas, the gloomy Krimchaks. 1963Times 12 Feb. 12/4 A fifth century A.D. Gupta sandstone carving. 1969Sunday Statesman (Calcutta) (Mag. Sect.) 27 July p. i/5 The most prolific period of Hindu art, from the Gupta age to the mediaeval times, saw the rapid development of sculptural ornamentation. |