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Kumaragupta I

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Also known as Kumaragupta, Mahendraditya

Gupta Emperor (399-455)

Key facts

Reign
c. 415 – c. 455 CE
Predecessor
Chandragupta II
Successor
Skandagupta
Died
c. 455 CE
Spouse
Anantadevi
Issue
Skandagupta , Purugupta
Dynasty
Gupta
Father
Chandragupta II
Mother
Dhruvadevi
Religion
Hinduism

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Kumaragupta I was Gupta emperor from 415 until his death in 455. A son of the Gupta king Chandragupta II and Queen Dhruvadevi, he seems to have maintained control of his inherited territory, which extended from Gujarat in the west to Bengal region in the east.

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