The period of Gupta rule between 300 and 600 CE has ... made to the temple provide extensive information about the temple and the empire. Rajaraja's son Rajendra succeeded him in 1014/15 CE ...

With the architectural style of 5the century, the temple has earned for itself the prestigious epithet of Golden Age. The Gupta Temple adorns the intermediate layer of the three layers of Sanchi hill.

During the Mauryan Empire (322–185 BCE), Emperor Ashoka built stupas and chaityas, primarily for Buddhist practices. However, Hindu temples began to emerge prominently during the Gupta Period ...

The temples were built during the Chandela dynasty ... established around 427 CE by Kumaragupta I, the emperor of the Gupta Empire. It was widely supported by the Buddhists. Located in ancient ...

So that by 450, the Gupta Empire - along with Iran and the Eastern ... of Hinduism - creating the complex apparatus of faith, with temples and priests, and commissioning the images of the gods ...