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Samudragupta

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Key facts

Royalty.title
Mahārājādhirāja Chakravarti Samrat
Royalty.image
SamudraguptaCoin.png
Royalty.caption
Coin of Samudragupta, with Garuda pillar, emblem of Gupta Empire. The name 12px10px10px Sa-mu-dra in an early version of the Gupta Brahmi script, appears vertically under the left arm of the emperor.
Royalty.succession
Gupta emperor
Royalty.birth_date
318
Royalty.birth_place
Gupta Empire
Royalty.death_place
Gupta Empire
Royalty.reign
335–375
Royalty.predecessor
Chandragupta I, possibly Kacha
Royalty.successor
Chandragupta II, or possibly Ramagupta
Royalty.spouse
Dattadevi
Royalty.issue
Chandragupta II, and possibly Ramagupta
Royalty.house
Gupta Dynasty
Royalty.father
Chandragupta I
Royalty.mother
Kumaradevi
Royalty.religion
Hinduism
Military person.embed
yes
Military person.allegiance
Gupta Empire

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Gupta Empire
Place of birth
Indraprastha
Place of death
Pataliputra
Family
Gupta
Image
SamudraguptaCoin.jpg
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replaced by
Chandragupta II
date of birth
0335-01-01
date of death
0380-01-01
Commons category
Samudragupta
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Encyclopedic overview

26 sections
Contents
  • Period
  • Ascension
  • Military campaigns & territorial expansion
  • Early victories
  • Southern conquests
  • Northern conquests
  • Conquests in the forest region
  • Frontier kings and tribes
  • Relations with other rulers
  • Daivaputra-Shahi-Shahanushahi
  • Shaka-Murundas
  • Simhala and other islands
  • Imperial extent
  • Coinage
  • Inscriptions
  • Eran inscription
  • Religion
  • Ashvamedha
  • Personality
  • Legacy
  • Indian Embassy to Rome
  • Succession
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • Further reading
  • External links

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Samudragupta (Gupta script: 14px11px12px14px12px Sa-mu-dra-gu-pta; 318–375) was the second emperor of the Gupta Empire of ancient India. As a son of the Gupta emperor Chandragupta I and the Licchavi princess Kumaradevi, he inherited the kingdom and transformed it into a vast empire through his military campaigns.

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