Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c20.s3.96

c20.s3.96

Samudra Gupta’s ‘virtuous and faithful wife,’ possibly Datta Devī, appears to be mentioned in an Eraṇ inscription referable to the period of his rule. We possess no genuine dated documents for the reign of the great emperor. The Nālandā⁴ and Gayā grants profess to be dated in the years 5 and 9 respectively, but no reliance can be placed on them and the reading of the numeral in the Gayā record is uncertain. Smith’s date (A.D. 330-375) for Samudra Gupta is conjectural. As the earliest known date of the next sovereign is A.D.