- Caste system influenced life
- Ruled created a stable society
- Village center of life, houses built earth & stone
- Wealthier families lived in joint families
- Children worked in fields & Lear family trade
- Parenst arranged children's marriages, had to marry your caste
- By end of the Gupta rule upper class women were restricted to house and had to be covered from head to toe
- Lower class had to work

Society:

Gupta Empire

Decline:

- After 200 years
- Weak rulers & invasions from Central Asia
- The White Huns: destroyed cities, villages & trade

Goverment:

- Strong central Government
- Some power to locals
- In villages council made decisions
- Women were allowed to serve