in the gupta period instances are not rare of women participating in administrative job. chandragupta i, founder of the gupta empire, ruled the kingdom jointly with his queen kumara devi. prabhavatigupta was the daughter of chandra gupta ii of the gupta empire and the wife of rudrasena ii of the vakataka dynasty, and performed administrative duties in her kingdom. instances of women of the upper classes extending their phase of activities beyond the domestic circle are provided by the queen and queens regent in kashmir, rajasthan, orissa and andhra. institutions were established for co-education. in the work called amarkosh written in the gupta era names of the teachers and professors are there and they belonged to female sex.