The Significant Leaders of the Gupta Empire are Chandragupta I, Samudragupta and Chandragupta II. Chandragupta I built a strong army and encouraged metallurgy since it would make their defense and expansion of the empire much more efficient. Samudragupta extended the empire exponentially and ruthlessly while he also encouraged the arts and took aspects of the regions he conquered and applied it to the empire’s art. Chandragupta II was in love with art and even paid people to make art which was not common in ancient civilizations. Paintings, sculptures, tablets, were all spread throughout the empire to portray the arts thanks to Chandragupta II. He was also the most generous leader and set up several public works projects like hospitals and