Later Guptas: Difference between revisions

The '''Later Gupta dynasty''' ruled [[Magadha]] in eastern India between the 6th and 8th centuries CE. The Later Guptas succeeded the [[Gupta Empire|Imperial Guptas]] as the rulers of eastern Malwa or Magadha, but there is no evidence connecting the two dynasties; these appear to be two distinct families.{{sfn|Karl J. Schmidt|2015|p=26}} The "Later Guptas" are so-called because the names of their rulers ended with the suffix "-gupta" ([[Gupta script|Late Brahmi]]: [[File:Gupta in the Aphsad inscription of Ādityasena.jpg|30px]] ''gu-pta'', as appearing in the [[Aphsad inscription of Ādityasena]]), which they might have adopted to portray themselves as the successors of the Imperial Guptas.{{sfn|Sailendra Nath Sen|1999|p=246}}