Gupta Age: All 36 UPSC + UPPCS PYQs in One Story | Ancient History Part 7

Gupta Age in one story, with every PYQ asked on it. UPSC and UPPCS together have asked 36 questions on this period, and every one of them is highlighted on screen. 🟨 Yellow = asked by UPSC · 🟩 Green = asked by UPPCS 📄 Want the handwritten PDF of this lecture? Comment GUPTA and the link comes to you in the replies. 📚 All 36 questions free, plus UPSC + UPPCS PYQs, maps and notes: https://upscpscdecode.com 📄 Telegram: https://t.me/UPSCPSCDECODE Chapters 0:00 Gupta Age · 36 questions 0:19 After the Mauryas · Chandragupta I and Kumaradevi 0:49 Samudragupta and the Prayag pillar 1:38 Chandragupta II · Shakas, Fa-hien, iron pillar 2:08 Kumaragupta and Skandagupta · Nalanda, Hunas 2:45 Kings and their titles 3:00 Coins and land · Dinara, Rupaka, Vishti 3:25 Land grants and feudalism 3:52 Ports and trade 4:12 Art: the Golden Age · Ajanta and Bagh 4:37 Letters, learning and science 5:20 Four traps to remember 5:43 Next: Post-Gupta Age and Harsha What you'll lock in: • Allahabad Pillar / Prayag Prashasti = Samudragupta, written by Harisena (not Harsha's poet), with Jahangir's inscription on the same pillar • Titles: Parakramank, Vikramaditya, Shakari, Kramaditya, Devagupta • Fa-hien in Chandragupta II's reign · the iron pillar of 'Chandra' • Skandagupta stopped the Hunas (Bhitari pillar) and restored Sudarshana lake, not Kumaragupta • Dinara (gold), Rupaka (silver), kulyavapa and dronavapa, Vishti • Tamralipti · Ghantasala, Kadura, Chaul · Ajanta + Bagh · idol worship · place-value Part 7 of the Ancient History series (Indus Valley · Vedic Age · Mahajanapadas · Mauryan Empire · Post-Mauryan India · Sangam Age). Next: Part 8, Post-Gupta Age and Harsha. Images: AI illustrations are reconstructions; real coins, inscriptions and photographs are from Wikimedia Commons, credited on screen. Music: Pixabay. #upsc #uppcs #guptaage #ancienthistory #upscprelims