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Fall of the Western Roman Empire
In 375, Emperor Chandra Gupta ushered in an era of cultural accomplishments and economic prosperity in India. After a long period of strong Greek influences, the Guptas re-established Indian mores and administrative practices. They lavished their wealth on the arts, sciences, astronomy and mathematics. In the West, Indian numbers became known as Arabic numbers, but the Arabs credited the Indians with the development of a decimal place value system that made basic calculations easier and simpler than the Roman numeral system. The Indian mathematical system was as important innovation as the development of writing was as Mesopotamia. The Hindu Guptas tolerated Buddhism.

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Taxila Pataliputra Anuradhapura Mathura Ellora Prayaga Gupta Empire - India's Golden Age Cities of Interest
 
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