The Age of the Imperial Guptas c4.173

c4.173

Bhānugupta was still living in G.E., 224 = 543-44 A.D., when he was recognised as the ruling emperor in Northern Bengal. In that year a person of the royal family whose name was Rājaputradeva was the Viceroy of the division of Puṇḍravardhana and under him Svayambhūdeva was the governor of the district of Koṭivarṣa. At that time the *Nagaraśreṣṭhin* Ṛbhupāla was also living. In that year an application was made by one Amṛtadeva, an inhabitant of Ayodhyā, for the purchase of some rent-free land, at the usual price, for the provision of repairs to the temple of Śveta-Varāha-svāmin in the forest and for the perpetuation of certain supplies to the same temple. According to this application a certain amount of homestead and cultivable land was transferred to the god Śveta-Varāha-svāmin as a perpetual endowment. This plate bears the seal of the office of the head quarters of Koṭivarṣa.¹ This is the last known record of Bhānugupta, none of whose coins have been discovered up to date.