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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|4th-century Pallava emperor of Kanchipuram}}<br />
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| name = Vishnugopa I<br />
| title = [[Pallava dynasty|King of Kanchi]]<br />
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| succession = [[Pallava dynasty|Pallava king]]<br />
| reign = c. 340–345 AD<br />
| predecessor = Buddhavarman<br />
| successor = Kumaravishnu I<br />
| dynasty = [[Pallava dynasty|Pallava]]<br />
| father = Buddhavarman<br />
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'''Vishnugopa I''' ([[IAST]]: ''Viṣṇugopa'') was a ruler of the [[Pallava dynasty]] based in [[Kanchipuram]] during the 4th century. He was the son and successor of Buddhavarman.<ref name="Reddy1996">{{cite journal |last1=Reddy|first1=N. Krishna |title=Alavakonda Prakrit Charter of Pallava Visnugopavarman, Year 1 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |date=1996 |volume=57 |pages=949–958 |jstor=44133433 |issn=2249-1937}}</ref><br />
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== Conflict with Samudragupta ==<br />
Vishnugopa I is historically significant for his encounter with the [[Gupta Empire|Gupta]] Emperor [[Samudragupta]] during the latter's southern expedition (''Dakshinapatha'').<ref name="Agrawal1989">{{cite book |last=Agrawal |first=Ashvini |title=Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |year=1989 |page=110 |isbn=9788120805927}}</ref> <br />
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According to the [[Allahabad pillar#Samudragupta inscription|Allahabad stone pillar inscription]], Vishnugopa was one of the twelve southern kings defeated by Samudragupta but was subsequently released and reinstated as a tributary ruler, a policy known as ''grahana-moksha-anugraha'' (capturing, releasing, and favoring).<ref name="majumdar">{{cite book |last=Majumdar |first=Ramesh Chandra |last2=Altekar |first2=Anant Sadashiv |title=Vakataka - Gupta Age Circa 200-550 A.D. |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |year=1967 |page=145 |isbn=9788120800267}}</ref><br />
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The inscription (lines 19–20) mentions:<br />
{{quote|Whose magnanimity blended with valour was caused by (his) first capturing, and thereafter showing the favour of releasing, all the kings of [[Dakshinapatha|Dakshiṇāpatha]] such as Mahēndra of [[Dakshina Kosala|Kōsala]]... '''Vishṇugōpa of Kāñchī''', Nīlarāja of Avamukta, [[Salankayana|Hastivarman of Vēṅgī]]...}}<br />
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== Succession ==<br />
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{{S-ttl|title=[[Pallava dynasty|Pallava King]]|years=c. 340–345 AD}}<br />
{{S-aft|after=Kumaravishnu I}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Pallava dynasty]]<br />
* [[Samudragupta]]<br />
* [[Dakshinapatha]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
* {{cite book |last=Sastri |first=K. A. Nilakanta |title=A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1955}}<br />
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[[Category:Pallava kings]]<br />
[[Category:4th-century Indian monarchs]]<br />
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