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    Kumaragupta I was Gupta emperor from 415 until his death in 455. A son of the Gupta king Chandragupta II and Queen Dhruvadevi, he seems to have maintained...
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  • place primarily during the reigns of Samudragupta, Chandragupta II and Kumaragupta I. Many Hindu epics and literary sources, such as the Mahabharata and...
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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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    shrines at Udayagiri were also built during his rule. He was succeeded by Kumaragupta I. "Chandra" inscriptions Chandragupta II was the second ruler of the...
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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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    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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    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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    "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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    became a Buddhist monk and gave up his life through dhyana (meditation). Kumaragupta I and Budhagupta may have built monasteries at Nalanda. Majumdar, Ramesh...
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    various sattra (almshouses) by Gupta Empire rulers Chandragupta II and Kumaragupta I. The inscription is notable for including symbols for numerals "8, 10...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    Bu-dha-gu-pta, r. c. 476 – 495 CE) was a Gupta emperor and the successor of Kumaragupta II. He was the son of Purugupta and was succeeded by Narasimhagupta....
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    posed a serious threat to the Gupta Empire during the late period of Kumaragupta I's reign. K. P. Jayaswal believed that the Pushyamitras were in western...
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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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    Maan Singh has stated that he was a courtier of the Gupta emperors Kumaragupta I (414-455) and Skandagupta (455-467), dating him between 385 and 465...
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    an unnamed queen consort, one depicting Chandragupta II, and one of Kumaragupta I) have also been found at Sirsa, along with numerous terracotta objects...
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    Samudragupta (redirect from Samudragupta I)
    greatest rulers in Indian history. As a son of the Gupta emperor Chandragupta I and the Licchavi princess Kumaradevi, he inherited a kingdom and transformed...
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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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    reaches its peak territorial extent under Chandragupta II and his son Kumaragupta I. Anthemius, emperor of the Western Roman Empire Ecdicius, Roman general...
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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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    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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