1. Internal fighting and dissensions among the royal family led to its collapse.
2. In the sixth century CE, the Huns occupied Malwa, Gujarat, Punjab and Gandhara. As the Hun invasion weakened the Gupta.
3. Independent rulers emerged all over the north like Yasodharman of Malwa, the Maukharis of Uttar Pradesh, the Maitrakas in Saurashtra and others in Bengal.

1. Metallic preparations for the purpose of medicine and references to the use of mercury and iron by Varahamihira and others indicate that much progress was made in chemistry.
2. The Navanitakam was a medical work, which is a manual of recipes, formulation and prescriptions.
3. Hastyayurveda or the veterinary science authored by Palakapya attests to the advances made in medical science during the Gupta period.
4. Internal fighting and dissensions among the royal family led to its collapse.

1. The Jaina canonical literature at first took shape in Prakrit dialects. Sanskrit came to be the medium later.
2. Within a short time, Jainism produced many great scholars and by their efforts the Hindu itihasa and puranas were recast in Jaina versions to popularise their doctrines.
3. Vimala produced a Jaina version of Ramayana. Siddasena Divakara laid the foundation oflogic among the Jainas.

1. The highly formalised methods of vedic learning helped inspire the establishment of large teaching institutions such as Taxila, Nalanda and Vikramashila, which are often characterised as India's early universities.
2. Nalanda flourished under the patronage of the Gupta Empire in the fifth and sixth centuries and later under Harsha, the emperor of Kanauj.

1. The Gupta Empire was divided into provinces known as deshas or bhuktis.
2. They were administered by governors who were usually designated as uparikas.
3. The provinces of the Gupta Empire were divided into districts known as visayas, which were controlled by officers known as vishyapatis.