| Expansion of the kingdom/ empire | The Gupta empire spread from Assam upto the Punjab. He also conquered the eastern coastal region up to Kanchi Tamil Nadu. | Harshavardhan, expanded the Vardhan Empire up to Nepal in the north, up to the river Narmada in the south, Assam in the east and Gujarat in the west. |
| Achievements | (i) A pillar inscription at Prayag describes Samudragupta conquest and victories.
(ii) He minted coins.
(iii) There is an iron pillar at Mehrauli near Delhi which has not rusted even after a course of last fifteen hundred years. | (i) Trade flourished.
(ii) Knowledge also flourished, we know this as the famous Nalanda University existed during this time.
(iii) He wrote three Sanskrit plays Ratnavali, Naganand and Priyadarshika. |
