"The nationalist historians have portrayed the Gupta Age as a Golden Age, says Jha. That is a myth, the period was nothing of the sort. True, the Guptas extended the empire, our historian cannot but acknowledge. But it did not cover all of India, he says – he is requiring ‘full democracy’, he is requiring that the whole of India be one when talking of fifteen hundred years ago! The fact that rulers in the south paid tribute to the Guptas, the fact that a southern ruler sought permission of the Gupta king to do something, these do not establish that the Guptas exercised suzerainty over the latter, he says. Having denounced the Mauryas for setting up a centralized administration, our eminence denounces the Guptas for decentralizing it.....The order as a whole and throughout the recorded history of India has been exploitative, marked by seething tensions. In particular, the Gupta Age was no Golden Age. That Golden Age lies in the future, and that future lies in 1917!"
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Shourie, Arun (2014). Eminent historians: Their technology, their line, their fraud. Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India : HarperCollins Publishers.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gupta_Empire
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Gupta Empire
3 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Gupta Empire →
Related Quotes
"In the judgment of a contemporary Hindu scholar, the “mere names of Kalidasa and Varahamihira, Gunavarman and Vashuba…"
"The Gupta Age was in fact the golden age of Hindu history when Hindu spirituality, art, literature, science, and phil…"
"Indians would certainly try to understand the fact that for more than a hundred years in the late fourth, third and e…"
"He was one of the most romantic figures in Indian history, a lesser warrior but a greater ruler than Alexander. Chand…"
"The government made no pretense to democracy, and was probably the most efficient that India has ever had. Akbar, gre…"
"Megasthenes describes Chandragupta’s capital, Pataliputra, as nine miles in length and almost two miles in width. The…"
"“In short,” says Havell, “Pataliputra in the fourth century B.C. seems to have been a thoroughly well-organized city,…"
"The date for Chandragupta Maurya was determined by correlating him with the Sanclrocottus mentioned in Greek sources.…"
"Among the Kîkatas what do thy cattle? They pour no milky draught, they heat no caldron. Bring thou to us the wealth o…"
"It was at the time of this bounty of Sultán Bahlol [Lodi], that the grandfather of Sher Sháh, by name Ibráhím Khán Sú…"