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The last (the Damodarpur copper-plate inscription), in which he makes a land grant in the area of [[Kotivarsha]] ([[Bangarh]] in [[West Bengal]]) in 542/543 CE.<ref name="Davidson">Indian Esoteric Buddhism: Social History of the Tantric Movement by Ronald M. Davidson [https://books.google.com/books?id=n_VquVQvnBwC&pg=PA31 p.31]</ref> This follows the occupation of most of northern and central India by the [[Aulikara]] ruler [[Yashodharman]] circa 532 CE.<ref name="Davidson"/>
The last (the Damodarpur copper-plate inscription), in which he makes a land grant in the area of [[Kotivarsha]] ([[Bangarh]] in [[West Bengal]]) in 542/543 CE.<ref name="Davidson">Indian Esoteric Buddhism: Social History of the Tantric Movement by Ronald M. Davidson [https://books.google.com/books?id=n_VquVQvnBwC&pg=PA31 p.31]</ref> This follows the occupation of most of northern and central India by the [[Aulikara]] ruler [[Yashodharman]] circa 532 CE.<ref name="Davidson"/>


According to a [[Nalanda]] seal,  Vishnugupta was son of [[Kumaragupta III|Kumaragupta]], 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>
According to a [[Nalanda]] seal,  Vishnugupta was son of [[Kumaragupta III|Kumaragupta III]], 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>
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File:Nalanda clay seal of Vishnugupta.jpg|Nalanda clay seal of Vishnugupta. The seal states that Vishnugupta was son of [[Kumaragupta III|Kumaragupta]], 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:Nalanda clay seal of Vishnugupta.jpg|Nalanda clay seal of Vishnugupta. The seal states that Vishnugupta was son of [[Kumaragupta III|Kumaragupta III]], 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:Damodarpur copper plate of Vishnugupta Year 224 = 542-543 CE.jpg|The Damodarpur copper plate of Vishnugupta Year 224 = 542-543 CE.
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For other people named Vishnugupta, see Vishnugupta (disambiguation).
Vishnugupta
Vishnugupta Candraditya Circa 540-550 CE. The name Vi-ṣ-ṇu appears vertically under the left arm of the King.[1]
14th Gupta Ruler
Reignc. 540 – c. 550 CE
PredecessorKumaragupta III
SuccessorUnknown
DynastyGupta
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)

Vishnugupta Candraditya (Gupta script: Vi-ṣ-ṇu-gu-pta,[1] Sanskrit: विष्णुगुप्त) was one of the lesser known kings of the Gupta Dynasty. He is generally considered to be the last recognized king of the Gupta Empire. His reign lasted 10 years, from 540 to 550 CE. From the fragment of his clay sealing discovered at Nalanda during the excavations of 1927–28, it is revealed that he was the son of Kumaragupta III and the grandson of Narasimhagupta.[2]

The last (the Damodarpur copper-plate inscription), in which he makes a land grant in the area of Kotivarsha (Bangarh in West Bengal) in 542/543 CE.[3] This follows the occupation of most of northern and central India by the Aulikara ruler Yashodharman circa 532 CE.[3]

According to a Nalanda seal, Vishnugupta was son of Kumaragupta III, and grandson of Purugupta.[4]

  • Nalanda clay seal of Vishnugupta. The seal states that Vishnugupta was son of Kumaragupta III, and grandson of Purugupta.[5]
    Nalanda clay seal of Vishnugupta. The seal states that Vishnugupta was son of Kumaragupta III, and grandson of Purugupta.[5]
  • The Damodarpur copper plate of Vishnugupta Year 224 = 542-543 CE.
    The Damodarpur copper plate of Vishnugupta Year 224 = 542-543 CE.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Allen, John (1914). Catalogue of the coins of the Gupta dynasties. p. 145.
  2. ↑ Agarwal, Ashvini (1989). Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas, Delhi:Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 81-208-0592-5, pp.238-9
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Indian Esoteric Buddhism: Social History of the Tantric Movement by Ronald M. Davidson p.31
  4. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.3 (inscriptions Of The Early Gupta Kings) p.364
  5. ↑ Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.3 (inscriptions Of The Early Gupta Kings) p.364
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Preceded by
Kumaragupta III 		Gupta Emperor
540 – 550 		Succeeded by
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