The Age of the Imperial Guptas c5.11

c5.11

Candragupta II as G.E. 61 = 380-81 was hitherto supposed to fall in the reign of Samudragupta. The discovery of Rāmagupta in the *Devī-Candraguptīyam* of Viśākhadatta proves that there was some interval, however little, between Samudragupta and Candragupta II. It appears now that the late Dr. V. A. Smith was substantially correct in assigning c. 375 A.D. as the date of the accession of Candragupta II, though at that time the oldest known date of Candragupta II was G.E. 82 = 401-2 A.D. Samudragupta's death and Rāmagupta's accession may therefore be placed tentatively in c. 370 A.D.