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The Imperial Guptas : A Political History
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The present volume comprising 12 Chapters and six Appendices discusses Gupta history, based on the latest evidence. The problems discussed critically include: the name of the first king, the bearing of Chandragupta I?s marriage with Lichchhavi princess; authorship of Chandragupta I-Kumaradevi coins; identification and chronological position of Kacha; the Nalanda and Gaya copper plates of Samudragupta; significance of the epithet Lichchhavi-dauhitra; Samudragupta?s policy towards different powers; meaning of chir=otsan=asvamedh= ahartta; literary, numismatic and epigraphic evidences for the historicity of Ramagupta; marriage alliance of the Guptas with the Nagas and the Vaka?akas; epigraphic and numismatic evidences for Chandragupta II?s Saka conquest; identification of Chandra of Mehrauli inscription; the date, status and chronological position of Govindagupta; Gha?otkachagupta’s marriage with a Vaka?aka princess, his status as governor of Kumaragupta I, his rebellion against him, and his short reign in Malwa; the struggle for, and the order of, sucession after Kumaragupta I ; the view of Skandagupta?s identification with Purugupta and that of the division of empire between them; name and status of Skandagupta?s mother; invasion of the Pushyamitras and the H?u?as; Torama?a?s occupation of Eran; identification of Prakasaditya; genealogy and chronology of Gupta kings; relationship between Prakasadharman and Yasodharman who defeated Torama?a and Mihirakula, respectively; identification of Baladitya, contemporary of Mihirakula; role of the Later Guptas, Maukharis, H?u?as and Yasodharman in the downfall of the Gupta empire; evidence for three Kumaraguptas; king?s name and date on the fifth Damodarpur copperplate; Jaina sources and epigraphs on the end of the Gupta rule.
The present volume comprising 12 Chapters and six Appendices discusses Gupta history, based on the latest evidence. The problems discussed critically include: the name of the first king, the bearing of Chandragupta I?s marriage with Lichchhavi princess; authorship of Chandragupta I-Kumaradevi coins; identification and chronological position of Kacha; the Nalanda and Gaya copper plates of Samudragupta; significance of the epithet Lichchhavi-dauhitra; Samudragupta?s policy towards different powers; meaning of chir=otsan=asvamedh= ahartta; literary, numismatic and epigraphic evidences for the historicity of Ramagupta; marriage alliance of the Guptas with the Nagas and the Vaka?akas; epigraphic and numismatic evidences for Chandragupta II?s Saka conquest; identification of Chandra of Mehrauli inscription; the date, status and chronological position of Govindagupta; Gha?otkachagupta’s marriage with a Vaka?aka princess, his status as governor of Kumaragupta I, his rebellion against him, and his short reign in Malwa; the struggle for, and the order of, sucession after Kumaragupta I ; the view of Skandagupta?s identification with Purugupta and that of the division of empire between them; name and status of Skandagupta?s mother; invasion of the Pushyamitras and the H?u?as; Torama?a?s occupation of Eran; identification of Prakasaditya; genealogy and chronology of Gupta kings; relationship between Prakasadharman and Yasodharman who defeated Torama?a and Mihirakula, respectively; identification of Baladitya, contemporary of Mihirakula; role of the Later Guptas, Maukharis, H?u?as and Yasodharman in the downfall of the Gupta empire; evidence for three Kumaraguptas; king?s name and date on the fifth Damodarpur copperplate; Jaina sources and epigraphs on the end of the Gupta rule.
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