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	'''Narasimhagupta''' ([[Gupta script]]: [[File:Gupta allahabad n.svg\|12px]][[File:Gupta allahabad r.svg\|12px]][[File:Gupta ashoka si.jpg\|16px]][[File:Gupta ashoka ngh.jpg\|16px]][[File:Gupta allahabad gu.jpg\|14px]]<sub>[[File:Gupta allahabad pt.jpg\|12px]]</sub> ''Na-ra-si-ṅha-gu-pta'')<ref name="CCGD">{{cite book \|last1=Allen \|first1=John \|title=Catalogue of the coins of the Gupta dynasties \|date=1914 \|page=[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.47214/page/n279 137] \|url=https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.47214}}</ref> '''Baladitya''' was an emperor of the [[Gupta Empire]] of [[North India]]. He was son of [[Purugupta]] and probably the successor of [[Budhagupta]].		'''Narasimhagupta''' ([[Gupta script]]: [[File:Gupta allahabad n.svg\|12px]][[File:Gupta allahabad r.svg\|12px]][[File:Gupta ashoka si.jpg\|16px]][[File:Gupta ashoka ngh.jpg\|16px]][[File:Gupta allahabad gu.jpg\|14px]]<sub>[[File:Gupta allahabad pt.jpg\|12px]]</sub> ''Na-ra-si-ṅha-gu-pta'')<ref name="CCGD">{{cite book \|last1=Allen \|first1=John \|title=Catalogue of the coins of the Gupta dynasties \|date=1914 \|page=[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.47214/page/n279 137] \|url=https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.47214}}</ref> '''Baladitya''' was an emperor of the [[Gupta Empire]] of [[North India]]. He was son of [[Purugupta]] and [[Padmavatigupta]] and probably the successor of [[Budhagupta]].

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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox royalty
| succession = 12th [[Gupta Empire|Gupta emperor]]
| image=[[File:Narasinhagupta I Circa 414-455 AD.jpg|300px]]
| caption =Coin of Narasinhagupta I, Circa 414-455 CE.<ref>[https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=80151 CNG Coins]</ref> The name [[File:Gupta allahabad n.svg|12px]][[File:Gupta allahabad r.svg|12px]] ''Nara'' appears vertically under the left arm of the King.<ref name="CCGD"/>
| reign = {{circa|495|530 CE}}
| religion =[[Hinduism]]
| coronation =
| full name =
| predecessor = [[Budhagupta]]
| successor = [[Kumaragupta III]]
| spouse = Shrimitradevi
| issue =
| dynasty = [[Gupta Empire|Gupta]]
| father = [[Purugupta]]
| mother =
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{{Gupta Empire}}
'''Narasimhagupta''' ([[Gupta script]]: [[File:Gupta allahabad n.svg|12px]][[File:Gupta allahabad r.svg|12px]][[File:Gupta ashoka si.jpg|16px]][[File:Gupta ashoka ngh.jpg|16px]][[File:Gupta allahabad gu.jpg|14px]]<sub>[[File:Gupta allahabad pt.jpg|12px]]</sub> ''Na-ra-si-ṅha-gu-pta'')<ref name="CCGD">{{cite book |last1=Allen |first1=John |title=Catalogue of the coins of the Gupta dynasties |date=1914 |page=[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.47214/page/n279 137] |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.47214}}</ref> '''Baladitya''' was an emperor of the [[Gupta Empire]] of [[North India]]. He was son of [[Purugupta]] and probably the successor of [[Budhagupta]].

==Defeat of the Hunas==
{{Main|Battle of Sondani}}
According to the Chinese monk [[Xuanzang]], Narasimhagupta had to pay tribute to the Huna king [[Mihirakula]].<ref>"According to Hiuen-tsang, Narasimhagupta was forced to the humiliating position of paying tribute to Mihirakula." {{cite book |last1=Sen |first1=Sailendra Nath |title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization |date=1999 |publisher=New Age International |isbn=9788122411980 |page=221 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC&pg=PA221 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Indian History |publisher=Tata McGraw-Hill Education |isbn=9781259063237 |page=396 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ORnlAAAAQBAJ&pg=SL1-PA396 |language=en}}</ref>

Finally, Baladitya along with [[Yasodharman]] of [[Malwa]] is credited with driving the [[Alchon Huns]] from the plains of North India according to the Chinese monk [[Xuanzang]].<ref>Malwa Through the Ages, from the Earliest Times to 1305 A.D, Kailash Chand Jain [https://books.google.com/books?id=_3O7q7cU7k0C&pg=PA249 p.249]</ref> In a fanciful account, Xuanzang, who wrote a century later in 630 CE, reported that [[Mihirakula]] had conquered all India except for an island where the king of [[Magadha]] named Balditya (who could be Gupta ruler Narasimhagupta Baladitya) took refuge, but that Mihirakula was finally captured by the Indian king, who later spared his life. Mihirakula is then said to have returned to [[Kashmir]] to retake the throne.<ref>Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas by Ashvini Agrawal [https://books.google.com/books?id=hRjC5IaJ2zcC&pg=PA245 p.245]</ref><ref name="Neelis">Early Buddhist Transmission and Trade Networks by Jason Neelis [https://books.google.com/books?id=GB-JV2eOr2UC&pg=PA168 p.168]</ref>

Narasimhagupta's governor in [[Malwa]], [[Bhanugupta]] may also have been involved in this conflict.

==Buddhism==
The Guptas were traditionally a [[Brahmanical]] dynasty.<ref name="Singh">A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India by Upinder Singh [https://books.google.com/books?id=H3lUIIYxWkEC&pg=PA521 p.521]</ref> Narasimhagupta Baladitya however, according to contemporary writer [[Paramartha]], was brought up under the influence of the [[Mahayanist]] philosopher, [[Vasubandhu]].<ref name="Singh"/> He built a sangharama at Nalanda and also a {{convert|300|feet|abbr=on}} high [[vihara]] with a Buddha statue within which, according to Xuanzang, resembled the "great Vihara built under the [[Bodhi tree]]". According to the ''[[Manjushrimulakalpa]]'' (c. 800 CE), king Narasimhsagupta became a Buddhist monk, and left the world through meditation ([[Dhyāna in Buddhism|Dhyana]]).<ref name="Singh"/>

The Chinese monk Xuanzang also noted that Baladitya's son, Vajra, who commissioned a sangharama as well, "possessed a heart firm in faith".<ref name="sankalia">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.24898 | title=The University of Nālandā | publisher=B. G. Paul & co. | author=Sankalia, Hasmukhlal Dhirajlal | author-link=Hasmukh Dhirajlal Sankalia | year=1934}}</ref>{{rp|45}}<ref name="sdutt">{{cite book |author=Sukumar Dutt |title=Buddhist Monks And Monasteries of India: Their History And Contribution To Indian Culture |year=1988 |orig-year=First published in 1962 |publisher=George Allen and Unwin Ltd, London| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lxRHYFd0fB4C |isbn=81-208-0498-8 }}</ref>{{rp|330}}

His clay sealing has been found in [[Nalanda]]. The name of his queen mentioned in the Nalanda sealing is Shrimitradevi. He was succeeded by his son [[Kumaragupta III]].

==Coinage==
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File:Narasimhagupta Baladitya Circa 495-530 CE.jpg|Coin of Narasimhagupta Baladitya, circa 495-530 CE.
File:Nalanda clay seals of Narasimhagupta.jpg|Nalanda clay seals of Narasimhagupta.
File:Toramana gold coin circa 490-515.jpg|A gold coin of contemporary [[Alchon Huns]] king [[Toramana]] with [[Lakshmi]] on the reverse (circa 490-515), inspired from contemporary Gupta coins, such as those of Narasimhagupta Baladitya.<ref>[https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=301345 CNG Coins]</ref><ref>[http://coinindia.com/Prakasaditya.pdf The Identity of Prakasaditya by Pankaj Tandon, Boston University]</ref>
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Sources==
*{{cite book
| last = Mookerji
| first = Radhakumud
| title = The Gupta Empire
| publisher = Motilal Banarsidass
| date = 1995
| location = Delhi
| page = 119
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uYXDB2gIYbwC
| isbn = 9788120804401}}

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