- The royal seal bore the imprint of Garuda.
- Started in the Deccan by the Satavahanas, the practice of granting land and fiscal administrative concessions to priests and administrators became regular affairs in the Gupta times.
- Decentralisation of the administration authority began.
- For the first time civil and criminal law were clearly defined and demarcated.
- The kings were assisted by a council of ministers.
- The village headmen became more important than before.
- Sandhivigrahaka: Minister of peace, war and foreign affairs. This office first appears under Samudragupta.
- Khadyatapakik: Head of royal kitchen.
- Mahadandanayaka: Head of police department and Chief Justice of Judiciary.
- Empire was divided into Bhuktis headed by Uparika, Bhuktis into districts called Vishayas, head by Vishyapati, Vishayas into Vithis and Vithis into Villages.
- King’s standing army was supplemented by forces occasionally supplied by the feudatories.
- Senabhakta was a form of tax i.e., the army was to be fed by the people whenever it passed through the countryside.
- Forced labour or Vishti was practiced in royal army.
- Horse archery became prominent in military tactics.
