The Gupta kingdom was divided into provinces and districts. The cities were governed by councils, which had representatives of different professionals while the villages were looked after by the elders of the villages. Most of the cities were planned and neatly laid out in a grid pattern with roads in a crisscross fashion. The cities had two- and three- storeyed houses. Kalidasa’s accounts talk about people gazing down at the street through latticed windows.
Apart from grain and vegetables, the markets were stocked with things made of metals, stone, terracotta, ivory, precious and semi-precious stones, and pearls. The pottery was plain red and sometimes had a brown slip or polish. The kingdom had trade relations with the Byzantine Empire, China, Java, Sumatra, Arabia and even Ethiopia.
Inscriptions describe the Gupta kings as being equal to the gods; Maharajadhiraja and Paramarajadhiraja were some of the elaborate titles that described the Gupta kings.
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