The Age of the Imperial Guptas c4.114

c4.114

Kumāragupta I, the son and successor of Candragupta II, began his reign peacefully, but it ended in disaster. The earlier part of his long reign of over 40 years was by far the most prosperous period in the total rule of the Gupta dynasty. The impetus received by the Western overseas trade and the influx of foreign gold into the country manifested itself in a great revival of art. It was in this reign that Gupta Architecture and Sculpture received its final form. The influence of art is also to be distinctly seen in the coins of the ruling emperor, which are the finest of the entire series.