Founding of the Gupta Dynasty

Name: Founding of the Gupta Dynasty
Start: 320

Type Event Region South Asia Time 320

In 320 CE, Chandragupta I founded the Gupta dynasty in Magadha, centered on Pataliputra, and gradually unified northern India, laying the institution…

Timeline

320Pataliputra · IndiaChandragupta I formally took the throne, adopting titles such as Maharaja, marking the establishment of Gupta rule in the Ganges heartland.
320–335Magadha · IndiaGupta forces consolidated their Magadha homeland and expanded into the middle and upper Ganges through marriage alliances and military means, creating the conditions for succeeding kings to unify northern India.

Sources

Gupta dynasty https://www.britannica.com/topic/Gupta-dynasty
The Cambridge History of India, Volume 1: Ancient India — E. J. Rapson (ed.) (1922)