The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c20.16
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c20.16
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The period of the Gupta empire which dates from 319 A.D. is a most important epoch in the history of Sanskrit literature. It is the golden age of Classical Sanskrit; and in it most of the Purāṇas and the works belonging to the later legal literature appear to have assumed their present form.