The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (895 page)

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Gupta dynasty
.
Established in N. India in 3rd cent. CE, and later covering a much larger area. It flourished
c.
350–510 CE. Under this dynasty, great heights of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist religion and culture were achieved.
Gurb
(Pañj
b
, ‘utterance of the Gur
’). Usually, the words of the Sikh
Gur
s
and
bhagats
recorded in the
di Granth
, itself revered as Gur
; hence also a summary term for prayer.
Gurd
s Bhall
, Bh
,

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