empire collapse:
Failure of Leadership:
Failure of leadership greatly attributed to the collapse of the Gupta empire. As time went on throughout the dynasty, rulers became weaker. Perhaps the final straw that led to the complete and total "extinction" of the Gupta Empire was the fact that it was seceded by weaker rulers who did not rule and enforce the same as the Gupta rulers.
Failure of leadership greatly attributed to the collapse of the Gupta empire. As time went on throughout the dynasty, rulers became weaker. Perhaps the final straw that led to the complete and total "extinction" of the Gupta Empire was the fact that it was seceded by weaker rulers who did not rule and enforce the same as the Gupta rulers.
Overstretching Practical Limits:
The Gupta Empire had many outlying territories, so they needed local
governors to organize them. The governors were so far away from the government
center that they often exploited their people, which led to corruption.
Because the government was so far away from outlying territories, it had to
become a “theater-state”, which meant that they collected luxury goods and
products from the people and then redistributed them. This system was the only
way to keep order in the outlying areas, because the empire was so large.
The expenses of defending the expansive borders of the empire from the Huns
drained the Gupta treasury, which eventually led to the collapse of the
empire.
Weakening of Ideology:
Gupta India traded with Rome, Asia, Indonesia, and the Malay Peninsula.
Trade with Rome declined after the fall of the Roman Empire
Constantly defending the borders exhausted the empire’s treasury, which left
less money for trade and military campaigns The decline of trade left less goods to redistribute to the outlying lands,
which led to less faith in the government.
Rebellions from Within:
While there were no full-scale revolutions, the transition from the Mauryan
Empire to the Gupta and from the Gupta into political fragmentation was a major
change that probably affected people in the same way a revolution might have.
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governors to organize them. The governors were so far away from the government
center that they often exploited their people, which led to corruption.
Because the government was so far away from outlying territories, it had to
become a “theater-state”, which meant that they collected luxury goods and
products from the people and then redistributed them. This system was the only
way to keep order in the outlying areas, because the empire was so large.
The expenses of defending the expansive borders of the empire from the Huns
drained the Gupta treasury, which eventually led to the collapse of the
empire.
Weakening of Ideology:
Gupta India traded with Rome, Asia, Indonesia, and the Malay Peninsula.
Trade with Rome declined after the fall of the Roman Empire
less money for trade and military campaigns
which led to less faith in the government.
Rebellions from Within:
While there were no full-scale revolutions, the transition from the Mauryan
Empire to the Gupta and from the Gupta into political fragmentation was a major
change that probably affected people in the same way a revolution might have.
Source: http://eisenempirebuilding.wordpress.com/about/