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Later Gupta History: Inscriptions, Coins and Historical Ideology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 July 2005
Abstract
This article argues for a radical revision of later Gupta chronology based on a review of the primary evidence. The paucity of dated material has meant that historical reconstructions of the period have been based on late-Victorian assumptions about the nature of society and kingship. Removing this ideological framework allows not only for a revision of chronology — a traditional historical concern — but for a new understanding of Gupta kingship and the constitution of state.
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