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'''Kumaragupta II''' ([[Gupta script]]: <sub>[[File:Gupta allahabad ku.jpg|14px]]</sub>[[File:Gupta allahabad m.svg|12px]][[File:Gupta allahabad r.svg|12px]][[File:Gupta allahabad gu.jpg|12px]]<sub>[[File:Gupta allahabad pt.jpg|12px]]</sub> ''Ku-ma-ra-gu-pta'')<ref>{{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/n284 142] |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.47214}}</ref> '''Kramaditya''' was an emperor of the [[Gupta Empire]]. An image of [[Gautama Buddha]] at [[Sarnath]] notes that he succeeded [[Purugupta]] who was most likely his father.<ref>{{cite book|title=Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas|last=Agarwal|first=Ashvini|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|location=Delhi|isbn=81-208-0592-5|year=1989|pages=220, 223–5}}</ref> He was succeeded by [[Budhagupta]].<ref>The Gupta Empire by Radhakumud Mookerji [https://books.google.com/books?id=uYXDB2gIYbwC&pg=PA107 p.107]</ref>
'''Kumaragupta II''' ([[Gupta script]]: <sub>[[File:Gupta allahabad ku.jpg|14px]]</sub>[[File:Gupta allahabad m.svg|12px]][[File:Gupta allahabad r.svg|12px]][[File:Gupta allahabad gu.jpg|12px]]<sub>[[File:Gupta allahabad pt.jpg|12px]]</sub> ''Ku-ma-ra-gu-pta'')<ref>{{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/n284 142] |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.47214}}</ref> '''Kramaditya''' was an emperor of the [[Gupta Empire]]. An image of [[Gautama Buddha]] at [[Sarnath]] notes that he succeeded [[Purugupta]] who was most likely his father. His mother was a beautiful princess named Padmavatigupta (alias Padmavati).<ref>{{cite book|title=Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas|last=Agarwal|first=Ashvini|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|location=Delhi|isbn=81-208-0592-5|year=1989|pages=220, 223–5}}</ref> He was succeeded by [[Budhagupta]].<ref>The Gupta Empire by Radhakumud Mookerji [https://books.google.com/books?id=uYXDB2gIYbwC&pg=PA107 p.107]</ref>


According to a [[Nalanda]] seal of [[Vishnugupta (Gupta Empire)|Vishnugupta]], Vishnugupta was son of Kumaragupta (II), and grandson of [[Purugupta]].<ref>Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.3 (inscriptions Of The Early Gupta Kings) [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108395 p.364]</ref>
Several statues of the standing Buddha, representative of [[Gupta art]], are known from the reign of Kumaragupta II, now in the [[Sarnath Museum]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds |url=https://vmis.in/ArchiveCategories/collection_gallery_zoom?id=1329&search=1&index=147669&searchstring=kumaragup |website=vmis.in |publisher=American Institute of Indian Studies}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds |url=https://vmis.in/ArchiveCategories/collection_gallery_zoom?id=1329&search=1&index=147690&searchstring=kumaragup |website=vmis.in |publisher=American Institute of Indian Studies}}</ref>  


Several statues of the standing Buddha, representative of [[Gupta art]], are known from the reign of Kumaragupta II, now in the [[Sarnath Museum]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds |url=https://vmis.in/ArchiveCategories/collection_gallery_zoom?id=1329&search=1&index=147669&searchstring=kumaragup |website=vmis.in |publisher=American Institute of Indian Studies}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds |url=https://vmis.in/ArchiveCategories/collection_gallery_zoom?id=1329&search=1&index=147690&searchstring=kumaragup |website=vmis.in |publisher=American Institute of Indian Studies}}</ref> 
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File:Nalanda clay seal of Vishnugupta.jpg|Nalanda clay seal of Vishnugupta. The seal states that [[Vishnugupta (Gupta Empire)|Vishnugupta]] was son of Kumaragupta (II), and grandson of [[Purugupta]].<ref>Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.3 (inscriptions Of The Early Gupta Kings) [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108395 p.364]</ref>
File:Buddha, standing under umbrella, inscribed Gift of Abhayamira in 154 GE 474 CE in the reign of Kumaragupta II.jpg|Buddha, standing under a ''[[Chatra (umbrella)|chatra]]'' umbrella, inscribed: "Gift of Abhayamira in 154 GE" (474 CE) in the reign of Kumaragupta II. [[Sarnath Museum]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds |url=https://vmis.in/ArchiveCategories/collection_gallery_zoom?id=1329&search=1&index=147669&searchstring=kumaragup |website=vmis.in |publisher=American Institute of Indian Studies}}</ref>
File:Buddha, standing under umbrella, inscribed Gift of Abhayamira in 154 GE 474 CE in the reign of Kumaragupta II.jpg|Buddha, standing under a ''[[Chatra (umbrella)|chatra]]'' umbrella, inscribed: "Gift of Abhayamira in 154 GE" (474 CE) in the reign of Kumaragupta II. [[Sarnath Museum]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds |url=https://vmis.in/ArchiveCategories/collection_gallery_zoom?id=1329&search=1&index=147669&searchstring=kumaragup |website=vmis.in |publisher=American Institute of Indian Studies}}</ref>
File:Buddha, standing, inscribed Gift of Abhayamira in 154 GE 474 CE in the reign of Kumaragupta II Sarnath Museum.jpg|Buddha, standing, inscribed: "Gift of Abhayamira in 154 GE" 474 CE in the reign of Kumaragupta II. Sarnath Museum.<ref>{{cite web |title=Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds |url=https://vmis.in/ArchiveCategories/collection_gallery_zoom?id=1329&search=1&index=147690&searchstring=kumaragup |website=vmis.in |publisher=American Institute of Indian Studies}}</ref>
File:Buddha, standing, inscribed Gift of Abhayamira in 154 GE 474 CE in the reign of Kumaragupta II Sarnath Museum.jpg|Buddha, standing, inscribed: "Gift of Abhayamira in 154 GE" 474 CE in the reign of Kumaragupta II. Sarnath Museum.<ref>{{cite web |title=Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds |url=https://vmis.in/ArchiveCategories/collection_gallery_zoom?id=1329&search=1&index=147690&searchstring=kumaragup |website=vmis.in |publisher=American Institute of Indian Studies}}</ref>

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Kumaragupta II
Kumaragupta II Kramaditya Circa 530-540 CE.jpg
Kumaragupta II Kramaditya
10th Gupta emperor
Reignc. 473 – c. 476 CE
PredecessorPurugupta
SuccessorBudhagupta
DynastyGupta
FatherPurugupta
MotherQueen Padmavati (Padmavatigupta)
Gupta Empire
320 CE–550 CE
Chandragupta II horse typeHead of a Buddha statue, India, Mathura, Gupta period, 4th-5th century CE
Gupta (c. late 3rd century)
Ghatotkacha (c. late 3rd century - 319)
Chandragupta I (c. 319 – 335/350)
Kacha (early 4th century?)
Samudragupta (c. 335/350 – 375)
(Ramagupta) (late 4th century?)
Chandragupta II (380 – 413/415)
Kumaragupta I (415 – 455)
Skandagupta (455 - 467)
Purugupta (467 – 473)
Kumaragupta II (473 - 476)
Budhagupta (476 – 495)
Narasimhagupta (495 – ?)
(Bhanugupta) (circa 510)
Vainyagupta (circa 507)
Kumaragupta III (circa 530)
Vishnugupta (540 – 550)

Kumaragupta II (Gupta script: Gupta allahabad ku.jpgGupta allahabad m.svgGupta allahabad r.svgGupta allahabad gu.jpgGupta allahabad pt.jpg Ku-ma-ra-gu-pta)[1] Kramaditya was an emperor of the Gupta Empire. An image of Gautama Buddha at Sarnath notes that he succeeded Purugupta who was most likely his father. His mother was a beautiful princess named Padmavatigupta (alias Padmavati).[2] He was succeeded by Budhagupta.[3]

Several statues of the standing Buddha, representative of Gupta art, are known from the reign of Kumaragupta II, now in the Sarnath Museum.[4][5]

  • Buddha, standing under a chatra umbrella, inscribed: "Gift of Abhayamira in 154 GE" (474 CE) in the reign of Kumaragupta II. Sarnath Museum.[6]

    Buddha, standing under a chatra umbrella, inscribed: "Gift of Abhayamira in 154 GE" (474 CE) in the reign of Kumaragupta II. Sarnath Museum.[6]

  • Buddha, standing, inscribed: "Gift of Abhayamira in 154 GE" 474 CE in the reign of Kumaragupta II. Sarnath Museum.[7]

    Buddha, standing, inscribed: "Gift of Abhayamira in 154 GE" 474 CE in the reign of Kumaragupta II. Sarnath Museum.[7]

  • Inscription of the Buddha statue dated in Gupta Era 154 in the reign of Kumaragupta, with English translation.[8]

    Inscription of the Buddha statue dated in Gupta Era 154 in the reign of Kumaragupta, with English translation.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Allen, John (1914). Catalogue of the coins of the Gupta dynasties. p. 142.
  2. ↑ Agarwal, Ashvini (1989). Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 220, 223–5. ISBN 81-208-0592-5.
  3. ↑ The Gupta Empire by Radhakumud Mookerji p.107
  4. ↑ "Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds". vmis.in. American Institute of Indian Studies.
  5. ↑ "Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds". vmis.in. American Institute of Indian Studies.
  6. ↑ "Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds". vmis.in. American Institute of Indian Studies.
  7. ↑ "Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds". vmis.in. American Institute of Indian Studies.
  8. ↑ Sahni, Daya Ram (1920). Annual Report Of The Archaeological Survey Of India 1914-15. p. 124 inscription XV.
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Purugupta 		Gupta Emperor
473-476 CE 		Succeeded by
Budhagupta
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