Guptaadj.n.
/ˈɡʊptə/, U.S. /ˈɡuptə/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to a dynasty which ruled in north India from the fourth to the sixth century a.d.
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Maurya1870
Mauryan1870
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1871 E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 2) II. 440/2 The following is a table of the Gupta kings.
1880 Encycl. 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.
1963 Times 12 Feb. 12/4 A fifth century A.D. Gupta sandstone carving.
1969 Sunday Statesman (Calcutta) 27 July (Mag. section) 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.
B. n.
A member of this dynasty.
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1845 Encycl. Metrop. 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.]
1871 E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 2) II. 440/2 ‘Elder Guptas’.
1880 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 120/2 After the Sáhs come the Guptas of Kanauj, a dynasty which must not be confounded with the Maurya dynasty.
1947 W. H. Auden Age of Anxiety (1948) v. 103 The Ghuzz, the Guptas, the gloomy Krimchaks.
Derivatives
ˈGuptan adj.
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1939 A. Toynbee Study of Hist. VI. 193 A Guptan ‘Indian Summer’..was followed..by the blight of an irruption of Eurasian Nomads.
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