Created by DrKay
Last edited July 29, 2023
>DrKay
 
Rescuing orphaned refs ("samudra" from rev 1165037552)
 
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Unreliable sources|date=November 2020}}
{{Unreliable sources|date=November 2020}}
{{Short description|Chief queen of Samundragupta}}
{{Infobox royalty
{{Infobox royalty
| spouse = [[Samudragupta]]
| spouse = [[Samudragupta]]
| issue = [[Chandragupta II]] and possibly [[Ramagupta]]
| issue = [[Chandragupta II]]<ref name="history"/><ref name="samudra">{{cite book |last1=Gopal |first1=Lallanji |title=Samudragupta |date=1969 |publisher=National Book Trust, India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5uW1AAAAIAAJ&q=Dattadevi |language=en}}</ref> and possibly [[Ramagupta]]
| religion = [[Hinduism]]  
| religion = [[Hinduism]]  
}}
}}


'''Dattadevi''' was the wife and consort of the [[Gupta Empire|Gupta]] emperor [[Samudragupta]].<ref name="http://www.hindupedia.com/Dattadevi">{{cite web |title=Dattādevī |url=http://www.hindupedia.com/en/Datt%C4%81dev%C4%AB |website=hindupedia.com/ |publisher=hindupedia.com |accessdate=2020-11-17}}</ref><ref name="https://www.toppr.com/ask/question/kings-queens1-chandraguptai-kumaradevi2-samudragupta-dattadevi3-chandraguptaii-dhruvadevi4-kumarguptai-kuberanagaselect-the-correct-answer-from-the/">{{cite web |title=kings-queens1-chandraguptai-kumaradevi2-samudragupta-dattadevi3-chandraguptaii-dhruvadevi4-kumarguptai-kuberanagaselect-the-correct-answer-from-the/ |url=https://www.toppr.com/ask/question/kings-queens1-chandraguptai-kumaradevi2-samudragupta-dattadevi3-chandraguptaii-dhruvadevi4-kumarguptai-kuberanagaselect-the-correct-answer-from-the/ |website=toppr.com |publisher=www.toppr.com |accessdate=2020-11-17}}</ref> She was the mother of [[Samudragupta|Samudragupta's]] successor, [[Chandragupta II]],<ref name=tej> {{cite book |author=Tej Ram Sharma |title=A Political History of the Imperial Guptas: From Gupta to Skandagupta |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fWVZWjNAcAgC |year=1989 |publisher=Concept |isbn=978-81-7022-251-4 |p=148}}</ref> and possibly [[Ramagupta]].<ref name=tej/> [[Harisena]], Samudragupta's court poet and close friend, played an important role{{clarify|date=November 2020}} in the marriage of Samudragupta to Dattadevi.<ref name="Keith1966">{{cite book|last=Keith|first=Arthur Berriedale|title=A History of Sanskrit literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2uiAAAAAIAAJ|year=1966|publisher=Oxford University Press|pages=76–7}}</ref>
'''Dattadevi''' of the [[Gupta Empire|Gupta]] emperor [[Samudragupta]].<ref name="http://www.hindupedia.com/Dattadevi">{{cite web |title=Dattādevī |url=http://www.hindupedia.com/en/Datt%C4%81dev%C4%AB |website=hindupedia.com/ |publisher=hindupedia.com |accessdate=2020-11-17}}</ref><ref name="https://www.toppr.com/ask/question/kings-queens1-chandraguptai-kumaradevi2-samudragupta-dattadevi3-chandraguptaii-dhruvadevi4-kumarguptai-kuberanagaselect-the-correct-answer-from-the/">{{cite web |title=kings-queens1-chandraguptai-kumaradevi2-samudragupta-dattadevi3-chandraguptaii-dhruvadevi4-kumarguptai-kuberanagaselect-the-correct-answer-from-the/ |url=https://www.toppr.com/ask/question/kings-queens1-chandraguptai-kumaradevi2-samudragupta-dattadevi3-chandraguptaii-dhruvadevi4-kumarguptai-kuberanagaselect-the-correct-answer-from-the/ |website=toppr.com |publisher=www.toppr.com |accessdate=2020-11-17}}</ref> She was the mother of [[Samudragupta|Samudragupta's]] successor, [[Chandragupta II]],<ref name=tej> {{cite book |author=Tej Ram Sharma |title=A Political History of the Imperial Guptas: From Gupta to Skandagupta |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fWVZWjNAcAgC |year=1989 |publisher=Concept |isbn=978-81-7022-251-4 |page=148}}</ref> She was most probably married to [[Samudragupta]] during his educational career.<ref name="samudra"/> [[Harisena]], Samudragupta's court poet and close friend, played an important role{{clarify|date=November 2020}} in the marriage of Samudragupta to Dattadevi.<ref name="Keith1966">{{cite book|last=Keith|first=Arthur Berriedale|title=A History of Sanskrit literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2uiAAAAAIAAJ|year=1966|publisher=Oxford University Press|pages=76–7}}</ref> She is described as a "virtous and faithful wife" in an [[Eran]] inscription.<ref name="history">{{cite book |title=Indian History |date=1988 |publisher=Allied Publishers |isbn=978-81-8424-568-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MazdaWXQFuQC&dq=Dattadevi&pg=PA400 |language=en}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


[[Category:Gupta Empire]]
[[Category:Gupta empresses]]
[[Category:4th-century Indian people]]
[[Category:4th-century Indian people]]
{{Indian-bio-stub}}
 
 
{{India-royal-stub}}

Latest revision as of 02:33, 29 July 2023


Dattadevi
SpouseSamudragupta
IssueChandragupta II[1][2] and possibly Ramagupta
ReligionHinduism

Dattadevi of the Gupta emperor Samudragupta.[3][4] She was the mother of Samudragupta's successor, Chandragupta II,[5] She was most probably married to Samudragupta during his educational career.[2] Harisena, Samudragupta's court poet and close friend, played an important role[clarification needed] in the marriage of Samudragupta to Dattadevi.[6] She is described as a "virtous and faithful wife" in an Eran inscription.[1]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Indian History. Allied Publishers. 1988. ISBN 978-81-8424-568-4.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gopal, Lallanji (1969). Samudragupta. National Book Trust, India.
  3. "Dattādevī". hindupedia.com/. hindupedia.com. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  4. "kings-queens1-chandraguptai-kumaradevi2-samudragupta-dattadevi3-chandraguptaii-dhruvadevi4-kumarguptai-kuberanagaselect-the-correct-answer-from-the/". toppr.com. www.toppr.com. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  5. Tej Ram Sharma (1989). A Political History of the Imperial Guptas: From Gupta to Skandagupta. Concept. p. 148. ISBN 978-81-7022-251-4.
  6. Keith, Arthur Berriedale (1966). A History of Sanskrit literature. Oxford University Press. pp. 76–7.