Gupta (king)
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Gupta was the founder of the Gupta dynasty in eastern India. He is identified with king Che-li-ki-to, who, according to the 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk Yijing, built a temple near Mi-li-kia-si-k
Maharaja Sri Gupta inscription on the Allahabad pillar Samudragupta inscription
Chandragupta II On Horse
Hariti, unfired clay, remains of polychromy and gilding, Pakistan or Afghanistan, 2nd to 4th century, Linden Museum Stuttgart, Germany, inventory number SA 00864 L
Ghatotkacha (king)
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Ghatotkacha was a pre-imperial Gupta king of northern India. He was a son of the dynasty's founder Gupta, and the father of the dynasty's first emperor Chandragupta I.
Gupta (king)
…prosperous Chandragupta (I), the Mahārājādhirāja, born of the Mahādēvī Kumāradēvī, (and) daughter's son of the Licchavi, son's son of the prosperous Ghaṭōtkacha, the Mahārāja and the son of the son's son of the prosperous Gupta, the Mahārāja The Allahabad Pillar inscription names Samudragupta's ancestors as…
Maharaja Sri Ghatotkacha inscription on the Allahabad pillar Samudragupta inscription