[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v1.c19.s12.t2.7 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c19.s12.t2.7 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c19.s12.t2.7 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.s12.t2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s12.t2.7) With the advent of the Gupta rule many older settlements like MATHURA, SARNATH and BODH-GAYA regained their prominence while new ones like those at RATNAGIRI in Orissa and CHANDRAKETUGARH in W. Bengal also cropped up. Fa-Hien saw Buddhism undoubtedly in a flourishing state in the 5th century. By about the 4th-5th century, as the excavation of a monastery at KĀVERĪPAṬṬINAM reveals, Buddhism had reached the heart of the Tamil country. In Kerala the evidence ranging from the 7th to the 10th centuries is rather sporadic. - [Previous: v1.c19.s12.t2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s12.t2.6) - [Next: v1.c19.s12.t2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s12.t2.8) - [Up: v1.c19.s12.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s12.t2) ## Linked texts (3) - [Sārnāth](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.sarnath) - [Bodh Gayā](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.bodhgaya) - [Chandraketugarh](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.chandraketugarh) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s12.t2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s12.t2.7) · Pramāṇa