Editing Mathura (section)

====Gupta Empire====
In the reign of [[Chandragupta Vikramaditya]], a magnificent temple of [[Vishnu]] was built at the site of Katra Keshavadeva.<ref name="auto1"/> [[Kalidasa]], hailed as the greatest poet and dramatist in [[Sanskrit]], in the fourth-fifth century CE mentioned the groves of [[Vrindavan]] and [[Govardhan]] hill as:

{{Blockquote|"...the king of Mathura, whose fame was acknowledged in song even by the devatas... At that moment, though still in Mathura, it appears as if Ganga has merged with Yamuna at the Sangam... In a Vrindavan garden which is superior even to Kubera's garden, known as Chaitra-ratha... You can, as well, during rains, look at the dancing peacocks, while sitting in a pleasant cave of the Goverdhan Mountain"<ref>{{cite book |author= Rajendra Tandon |date=2010 |title=Kalidasa: Raghuvamsham |publisher=Rupa Publication |pages=45–51 |isbn=978-8129115867}}</ref>}}

Chinese Buddhist Monk [[Faxian]] mentions the city as a centre of Buddhism about 400 CE. He found the people were very well off, there were no taxes other than for those on farmers who tilled the royal land. He found that people did not kill animals, no one consumed wine, and did not eat onion or garlic.  He found that engraved title deeds were issued to land owners. Visiting priests were provided with accommodation, beds, mats, food, drinks and clothes to perform scholarly works.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Beal|first=Samuel|title=Si-Yu-Ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World (translated from chinese)|publisher=Truebner & Co|year=1884|location=London}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=March 2020}}