But once he's in control of this region, then he and his successors are able to have increased conquests over India. You see in this light blue color what his son, Samudragupta, was able to do, and then one of Samudragupta's sons, Chandragupta II, is able to conquer even more. But what makes the Gupta Empire distinctive isn't just that they were able to unify much or conquer much of India again. What really makes them distinctive is because of that unification and especially the wealth that began to flow into the capital, they were able to be sponsors of significant culture and science and the arts, and that's why historians view the Gupta Empire as the golden age of India. And just to get an appreciation for this, the Gupta Empire was during the time of Kalidasa, and he is considered to be the greatest writer ever in the Sanskrit language. He is like the William Shakespeare of Sanskrit. And just to get a feel for some of his writing, obviously this isn't Sanskrit, this is English, and this is from the recognition of Shakuntala, which is one of his most famous works.