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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 (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]

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)

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]

ReferencesEdit

  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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