The period of Gupta rule between 300 and 600 CE has been called the Golden Age of India for its advances in ... coins featuring portraits of the Gupta kings stand out as unique art pieces from ...

India's history is like a great tapestry woven together with stories of powerful kings and queens whose actions have shaped the culture, politics, and military strength of the nation over centuries.

Darius I of Persia annexed the states of Sind and Punjab in northern India in 518 BCE. From then the people of the Indus valley ("Hindush" in Persian) paid tribute to the Persian king in textiles ...