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Vishakhadatta wrote Mudra Rakshasa. The Mudrarakshasa is a historical play in Sanskrit by Vishakhadatta that narrates the ascent of the king Chandragupta Maurya to power in India. 

Mricchakatika is a Sanskrit play written by Shudraka in the 2nd century BCE. It is considered to be one of the earliest Indian plays written in Sanskrit. The story is about a young man named Charudatta of Pataliputra and his love for Vasantasena, a rich courtesan. Other works of Shudraka include Vinavasavadatta, Padmaprabhritaka, etc.

The Gupta empire was an ancient Indian empire founded by Sri Gupta that lasted from 240 to 590 CE. At the beginning of the 4th century, the Guptas established and ruled a few small Hindu kingdoms in Magadha and around modern-day Bihar and covered most of North-central India. The reign of the Gupta period was called the Golden Age of India.

'Zero' is believed to have been invented by Aryabhata. Aryabhatta, one of the world’s greatest mathematician-astronomer, was born in Patliputra in Magadha, modern Patna in Bihar. He wrote his famous treatise the "Aryabhatta-Siddhanta".

The Gupta empire was an ancient Indian empire founded by Sri Gupta that lasted from 240 to 590 CE. It reached its zenith from 320 - 550 AD. At the beginning of the 4th century, the Guptas established and ruled a few small Hindu kingdoms in Magadha and around modern-day Bihar and covered most of North-central India. Their period of reign was called Golden Age of India. In 480s, Huns invaded the Gupta empire and weakened it. Soon after the invasions, the Gupta Empire, ended as well.

The Iron pillar at Mehrauli was erected by the Chandragupta I in the 3rd to 4th century CE. Chandragupta I was the first of the imperial Gupta Empire Kings who ruled around 319 CE. The pillar is nearly 24-ft. iron pillar that is located in the Quwwat-ul Mosque. It is said to have not rusted for centuries since its erection.

Varahamihira was a renowned polymath and astronomer in the court of the Guptas, and he authored the Panchasiddhantika, which summarizes five earlier astronomical systems.

Dhanwantari is traditionally revered in Indian mythology and history as the physician of the gods and the father of Ayurveda, the Indian system of medicine.

During the fourth century the Gupta rulers established political control over north Bengal and began to settle Brahmanas in this area. They made land grants to the Brahmanas. Thus, the linguistic and cultural influence from the mid-Ganga valley became stronger.

The Gupta period is considered the Golden Age of Sanskrit literature, as the Gupta rulers actively patronized and promoted the use of Sanskrit in inscriptions, courtly literature, and administration.