Narasimhagupta
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Narasimhagupta (Gupta script: 12px12px16px16px14px12px Na-ra-si-ṅha-gu-pta) Baladitya was the Gupta Emperor from 495 to 530. He was son of Purugupta and probably the successor of Budhagupta. Hiuen Tsang refers to him as the king of Magadha.
Key facts
- Royalty.succession
- Gupta emperor
- Royalty.image
- 300px
- Royalty.caption
- Coin of Narasinhagupta, 414–455 CE. The name 12px12px Nara appears vertically under the left arm of the King.
- Royalty.religion
- Buddhism
- Royalty.predecessor
- Budhagupta
- Royalty.successor
- Kumaragupta III
- Royalty.spouse
- Shrimitradevi
- Royalty.dynasty
- Gupta
- Royalty.father
- Purugupta
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Gupta Empire
- Child
- Kumaragupta III
- Father
- Purugupta
- Sibling
- Kumaragupta II
- Occupation
- monarch
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Image
- Narasinhagupta I Circa 414-455 AD.jpg
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- date of death
- 0535-00-00
- date of birth
- 0470-00-00
- replaces
- Budhagupta
- replaced by
- Kumaragupta III
- Commons category
- Narasimhagupta
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Defeat of the Hunas
- Shramanic Philanthropy
- Coinage
- References
- Sources
Narasimhagupta (Gupta script: 12px12px16px16px14px12px Na-ra-si-ṅha-gu-pta) Baladitya was the Gupta Emperor from 495 to 530. He was son of Purugupta and probably the successor of Budhagupta. Hiuen Tsang refers to him as the king of Magadha.
==Defeat of the Hunas==
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