[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sewell-1932) › c8.73 # The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.73 The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.73 - **Language:** English ### [c8.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sewell-1932.c8.73) A.D. 319-20. \[Chandragupta I, chief of a small principality near Pāṭaliputra, who had been very energetic and had made himself independent about A.D. 308, was crowned in 319-20. He married a princess of the Lichchavi family. His descendants came to great power, their empire, that of the ‘Guptas’, embracing the valley of the Ganges, Allahabad, Tirhut, Bihar and Oudh.\] - [Previous: c8.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sewell-1932.c8.72) - [Next: c8.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sewell-1932.c8.74) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sewell-1932.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Pāṭaliputra](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.pataliputra) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sewell-1932.c8.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sewell-1932.c8.73) · Pramāṇa