The Age of the Imperial Guptas c5.3

c5.3

Tumain Inscription of G.E. 116.—This record does not mention Govindagupta at all. It mentions Candragupta II, Kumāragupta I, and then a prince or chief named Ghaṭotkacagupta. This Ghaṭotkacagupta cannot be the father of Candragupta I as he was living in G.E. 116. Unfortunately that portion of the inscription which recorded the relationship of Ghaṭotkacagupta to Kumāragupta I is not preserved and therefore it is extremely difficult to say in what relation they stood. It is possible that this Ghaṭotkacagupta was either a younger brother or son of Kumāragupta I and was the governor of Mālava at that time.