Maitraka Dynasty

State · 476–731 CE · at its largest around 656 CE

A dynasty that ruled Saurashtra and much of Gujarat from Valabhi, at first as vassals of the Guptas. Valabhi was a noted centre of Buddhist and Jain learning.

On its lands while it lasted

• Vallabhi (c. 476–1948 CE): Capital of Maitraka Dynasty (476–731).
• Brahmagupta (c. 598 CE – 668 CE): Mathematician and astronomer from Bhillamala in Rajasthan who gave the first rules for arithmetic with zero and negative numbers.
• Zero as a number (628 CE): In his Brahmasphutasiddhanta of 628, Brahmagupta treated zero as a number in its own right and set out rules for calculating with it.

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