Kumaragupta I (Gupta script: Ku-ma-ra-gu-pta, r. c. 415–455 CE) was a Gupta emperor of ancient India. A son of the Gupta king Chandragupta II and Queen...
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Gupta Empire (section Kumaragupta I)
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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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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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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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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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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Chandragupta II Kumaragupta I's conquest South-western India (c. 5th century CE) Restored Magadha Gupta dynasty South-western states Victory Kumaragupta I Kumaragupta...
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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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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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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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Western Satraps (section Rudradaman I (130-150 CE))
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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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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(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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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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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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Ghatotkacha (king) Chandragupta I Samudragupta Chandragupta II, also known as Chandragupta Vikramaditya Kumaragupta I Skandagupta, last Gupta emperor...
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the coins issued by the 5th century Gupta kings weigh more: 75% of Kumaragupta I's coins weight 127 grains, while Skandagupta's coins weigh as much as...
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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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the Guptas moved their capital to Saketa either during the reign of Kumaragupta I or Skandagupta, and this event is possibly alluded to in the Raghuvamsha...
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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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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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