The Golden age of Hindu Culture is considered to be period between 100 and 600 A.D. during the rulers of Kaniska and the Gupta kings.
Kalidasa during the rule of Chandragupta II mentioned flowering trees namely Asoka tree, Kadamba, Arjuna, Parijata and Screwpine.
In the play Sakuntala, the creeper Madhavi occupied a prominent place besides the mention of pleasure gardens.
In Kama sutra, Vatsayana gives a glimpse of the joyful civic life of that period. He narrates four kinds of gardens. Pramododyan meant for the enjoyment of the royal couples, Udyan where the kings played chess, enjoyed the dances of maids and jokes of the court jesters, Brikshavatika, the garden were high-placed persons in the king’s court enjoyed life with courteseans and Nandanavana which was dedicated to Lord Krishna.
Vatsayana described the duties of a virtuous and a good and affectionate house wife to lay out a garden around the house planted with Jasmine, Tabernae montana, Coronarica, China rose , etc. and construct an arbours’ and seats in it.
Hiuen Tsang, the famous Chinese pilgrim traveled widely in India wrote that the Hindus needed flowers every morning for worshipping and they used flowers to adorn their hair.
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