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'''Purugupta''' ([[Gupta script]]: [[File:Gupta allahabad pu.jpg|12px]][[File:Gupta allahabad r.svg|12px]][[File:Gupta allahabad gu.jpg|14px]]<sub>[[File:Gupta allahabad pt.jpg|14px]]</sub> ''Pu-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/n276 134] |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.47214}}</ref> {{lang-sa|पुरुगुप्त}}) (reigned 467–473 CE) was an emperor of the [[Gupta dynasty]] in northern [[India]]. Purugupta was a son of the Gupta emperor [[Kumaragupta I]] by his queen ''Anantadevi''. He succeeded his half-brother [[Skandagupta]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Ancient India|page=512|last=Mahajan|first=V. D.|publisher=S. Chand|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-219-0887-0|year=2007|orig-year=1960}}</ref> No inscription of Purugupta has been found so far. He is known from the Bhitari silver-copper seal of his grandson [[Kumaragupta III]] and Nalanda clay sealings of his sons [[Narasimhagupta]] and [[Budhagupta]] and his grandson Kumaragupta III. From the Saranath Buddha image inscription, it is concluded that he was succeeded by [[Kumaragupta II]].<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> According to Hornell and Dr Raychaudhary, Prakashaditya was another title of Purugupta.<ref>{{cite book|title=Ancient India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eljzDwAAQBAJ|author=V D Mahajan|publisher=S. Chand Publishing|year=2019|page=397|isbn = 9789352837243}}</ref>  
'''Purugupta''' ([[Gupta script]]: [[File:Gupta allahabad pu.jpg|12px]][[File:Gupta allahabad r.svg|12px]][[File:Gupta allahabad gu.jpg|14px]]<sub>[[File:Gupta allahabad pt.jpg|14px]]</sub> ''Pu-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/n276 134] |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.47214}}</ref> {{lang-sa|पुरुगुप्त}}) (reigned 467–473 CE) was an emperor of the [[Gupta dynasty]] in northern [[India]]. Purugupta was a son of the Gupta emperor [[Kumaragupta I]] by his queen ''Anantadevi''. He succeeded his half-brother [[Skandagupta]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Ancient India|page=512|last=Mahajan|first=V. D.|publisher=S. Chand|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-219-0887-0|year=2007|orig-year=1960}}</ref> No inscription of Purugupta has been found so far. He is known from the Bhitari silver-copper seal of his grandson [[Kumaragupta III]] and Nalanda clay sealings of his sons [[Narasimhagupta]] and [[Budhagupta]] and his grandson [[Kumaragupta III]]. From the Saranath Buddha image inscription, it is concluded that he was succeeded by [[Kumaragupta II]].<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> According to Hornell and Dr Raychaudhary, Prakashaditya was another title of Purugupta,<ref>{{cite book|title=Ancient India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eljzDwAAQBAJ|author=V D Mahajan|publisher=S. Chand Publishing|year=2019|page=397|isbn = 9789352837243}}</ref> although this has now been disproven by Pankaj Tandon, who has definitively shown that Prakashaditya was the [[Hun]] king [[Toramana]].<ref>Pankaj Tandon: "The Identity of Prakasaditya," <i>Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society</i>, October 2015, pp. 647-668 [http://coinindia.com/Prakasaditya.pdf]</ref>


[[File:Nalanda clay seal of Vishnugupta.jpg|thumb|left|Nalanda clay seal of [[Vishnugupta (Gupta Empire)|Vishnugupta]]. The seal states that Vishnugupta was son of [[Kumaragupta II|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:Nalanda clay seal of Vishnugupta.jpg|thumb|left|Nalanda clay seal of [[Vishnugupta (Gupta Empire)|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>]]
According to a [[Nalanda]] seal of [[Vishnugupta (Gupta Empire)|Vishnugupta]],  Vishnugupta was son of [[Kumaragupta II|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>
According to a [[Nalanda]] seal of [[Vishnugupta (Gupta Empire)|Vishnugupta]],  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>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 18:54, 30 April 2022

Purugupta
9th Gupta Emperor
Reignc. 467 – c. 473 CE
PredecessorSkandagupta
SuccessorKumaragupta II
DynastyGupta
FatherKumaragupta I
MotherAnantadevi

Purugupta (Gupta script: Pu-ra-gu-pta,[1] Sanskrit: पुरुगुप्त) (reigned 467–473 CE) was an emperor of the Gupta dynasty in northern India. Purugupta was a son of the Gupta emperor Kumaragupta I by his queen Anantadevi. He succeeded his half-brother Skandagupta.[2] No inscription of Purugupta has been found so far. He is known from the Bhitari silver-copper seal of his grandson Kumaragupta III and Nalanda clay sealings of his sons Narasimhagupta and Budhagupta and his grandson Kumaragupta III. From the Saranath Buddha image inscription, it is concluded that he was succeeded by Kumaragupta II.[3] According to Hornell and Dr Raychaudhary, Prakashaditya was another title of Purugupta,[4] although this has now been disproven by Pankaj Tandon, who has definitively shown that Prakashaditya was the Hun king Toramana.[5]

Nalanda clay seal of Vishnugupta. The seal states that Vishnugupta was son of Kumaragupta (III), and grandson of Purugupta.[6]

According to a Nalanda seal of Vishnugupta, Vishnugupta was son of Kumaragupta (III), and grandson of Purugupta.[7]

References

  1. Allen, John (1914). Catalogue of the coins of the Gupta dynasties. p. 134.
  2. Mahajan, V. D. (2007) [1960]. Ancient India. New Delhi: S. Chand. p. 512. ISBN 978-81-219-0887-0.
  3. Agarwal, Ashvini (1989). Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 220, 223–5. ISBN 81-208-0592-5.
  4. V D Mahajan (2019). Ancient India. S. Chand Publishing. p. 397. ISBN 9789352837243.
  5. Pankaj Tandon: "The Identity of Prakasaditya," Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, October 2015, pp. 647-668 [1]
  6. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.3 (inscriptions Of The Early Gupta Kings) p.364
  7. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.3 (inscriptions Of The Early Gupta Kings) p.364
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Skandagupta
Gupta Emperor
467–473 CE
Succeeded by
Kumaragupta II