GUPTA

CITIES IN THE GUPTA EMPIRE

• Some of the cities in the
• Gupta empire was noisy,
• the streets were narrow.
• People and animals
• wandered through the cities.

GUPTA ECONOMY

• People were safe and
• prosperous during the
• Gupta's period. It was
• called the "Golden Age".

GUPTA ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Mathematicians and
• Scientist were accomplished.
• They figured out the exact
• length of a year and invented
• The base 10 math system we use today.

GUPTA'S CULTURE

• In school they study math,
• science, literature, music,
• and how to read and write.

ACTIVITIES

• Some of the fun including
• chess, playing cards, martial
• arts, wrestling, polo, and
• hunting.

ARTS

• Arts were practice by
• the craftsmen in the
• village. They worked in
• iron and copper but
• sculpture was what they did best.

MARRIAGE

• There were three different
• types; Swayamvar, where
• the bride selects her spouse;
• Grandharva Vivaha, the
• love marriage; and

PART 2 OF MARRIAGE

• Asura Vivaha or marriage
• by abduction.