The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c16.s3.1

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Recent discoveries have now conclusively shown that Purugupta had two sons, Narasimhagupta and Budhagupta.² Narasimhagupta, who was probably the elder, succeeded his father. He had, however, a short reign, because we find his son Kumāragupta II on the throne in 473 A.D. Kumāragupta also had probably a brief rule, for we find his uncle Budhagupta ruling from *c.* 476 to 495 A. D. Kumāragupta's son Viṣṇugupta also eventually became a king. Whether he had to wait till the death of his grand-uncle Budhagupta, or whether he ruled contemporaneously with him over a part of Gupta empire, we do not know. We have indicated his hesitating preference for the last alternative in Chap. I., p. 9.