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    Kumaragupta I (Gupta script: Ku-ma-ra-gu-pta, r. c. 415–455 CE) was an King of Kings of the Gupta Empire of Ancient India. A son of the Gupta kingChandragupta...
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  • most notable rulers of the dynasty were Chandragupta I, Samudragupta, Chandragupta II, Kumaragupta I and Skandagupta. The high points of this period are...
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    Kumaragupta III (Gupta script: Ku-ma-ra-gu-pta) was a later Gupta Emperor. He succeeded his father Narasimhagupta in about 530 CE. His silver-copper seal...
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    Chapter 11 – The Gupta Empire and the Western Satraps: Chandragupta I to Kumaragupta I. Full inscription, Fleet, John Faithfull (1888). Corpus Inscriptionum...
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    denotes a year of the Gupta era: this is obviously incorrect, since Kumaragupta I ruled after Chandragupta II. Scholars K.K. Thaplyal and R.C. Sharma...
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    Kumaragupta II (Gupta script: Ku-ma-ra-gu-pta) Kramaditya was an emperor of the Gupta Empire. An image of Gautama Buddha at Sarnath notes that he succeeded...
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    Skandagupta was a son of the Gupta emperor Kumaragupta I. His mother may have been a junior queen or a concubine of Kumaragupta. This theory is based on the fact...
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  • in present-day northern India. She was the mother of his successor Kumaragupta I, and was most probably same as Dhruva-svamini, who has been mentioned...
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    dynasty in northern India. Purugupta was a son of the Gupta emperor Kumaragupta I by his queen Anantadevi. He succeeded his half-brother Skandagupta....
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    Kumaragupta I. Modern historians date the beginning of the Gupta calendar era to 318-319 CE. This era probably marks the ascension of Chandragupta I to...
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    as far as Allahabad, with the Mankuwar Buddha, dated to the reign of Kumaragupta I in 448. There are a number of "problematical" Buddhist and Jain images...
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    son of Kumaragupta III, and grandson of Purugupta. Nalanda clay seal of Vishnugupta. The seal states that Vishnugupta was son of Kumaragupta III, and...
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    "Golden Age of India" by scholars. Nalanda was established by emperor Kumaragupta I of the Gupta Empire around 427 CE, and was supported by numerous Indian...
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    Vasudeva I, composed by a Kayastha Śramaṇa. From this point we find, the term kayastha occurring in the inscription of the Gupta Emperor Kumaragupta I as prathama-kāyastha...
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  • inscription of Kumāragupta is an epigraphic record documenting the construction of a temple in the time of the Gupta king Kumaragupta I. It is dated year...
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  • conquests, the silver coins of the Gupta kings Chandragupta II and his son Kumaragupta I adopted the Western Satrap design (itself derived from the Indo-Greeks)...
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    Gupta (king) (redirect from Sri-Gupta I)
    dynasty: Samudragupta the Mahārājādhirāja, son of the prosperous Chandragupta (I), the Mahārājādhirāja, born of the Mahādēvī Kumāradēvī, (and) daughter's son...
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    coins of the Gupta Empire kings Samudragupta (reigned c. 350–370 CE) and Kumaragupta (reigned c. 415–455 CE) commemorates their Ashvamedha sacrifices. The...
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    empire was founded by Sri Gupta in late 3rd century CE, but Chandragupta I is credited as real founder of dynasty. The empire was lasted until 550 CE...
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  • the rule of Gupta Emperor Chandragupta II or beginning of the rule of Kumaragupta I. It is probably the rise of the Hephthalites and the defeats against...
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    London (according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle). Skandagupta succeeds Kumaragupta I as ruler of the Gupta Empire (India). During his reign he crushes the...
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    (r.380–415) in the style of the Western Satraps. Coin of Gupta ruler Kumaragupta I (r.414–455) (Western territories). Coin of Gupta ruler Skandagupta (r...
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    the rule of Gupta Emperor Chandragupta II or beginning of the rule of Kumaragupta I. It is probably the rise of the Hephthalites and the defeats against...
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    dynasty belonging to the reigns of Chandragupta II (c. 375-415) and Kumaragupta I (c. 415-55). In addition to these, Udayagiri has a series of rock-shelters...
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    in the Nalanda sealing is Shrimitradevi. He was succeeded by his son Kumaragupta III. Coin of Narasimhagupta Baladitya, circa 495-530 CE. Nalanda clay...
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    mātrās (diacritics), similar to the ones in the Bilsad inscription of Kumaragupta I. While the edges of the characters on the Allahabad inscription are...
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    According to this theory, his career might have extended to the reign of Kumāragupta I (r. 414 – 455 CE), and possibly, to that of Skandagupta (r. 455 – 467...
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  • the rule of Gupta Emperor Chandragupta II or beginning of the rule of Kumaragupta I. It is probably the rise of the Hephthalites and the defeats against...
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  • Ghatotkacha (king) Chandragupta I Samudragupta Chandragupta II, also known as Chandragupta Vikramaditya Kumaragupta I Skandagupta, last Gupta emperor...
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    Vikramaditya as a son of Mahendraditya of Ujjain. According to D.C. Sircar, Kumaragupta I (r. 415–455 CE) adopted the title Mahendraditya. His son, Skandagupta...
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