The Golden Throne: A Complete History of the Gupta EmpireFor two centuries, the Gupta Empire presided over one of the greatest flowerings of human civilisation the ancient world has ever produced. At its height, under emperors who styled themselves as earthly avatars of Vishnu, the empire stretched across the Indian subcontinent from the Bay of Bengal to the Arabian Sea. Its court gave the world Kalidasa, ancient India's supreme poet, and Aryabhata, the mathematici...