Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c21.s1.1
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c21.s1.1
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c21.s1.1
Epigraphic evidence indicates that Samudra Gupta was succeeded by his son Chandra Gupta II, Vikramāditya, also called Narendra Chandra, Siṁha Chandra, Narendra Siṁha and Siṁha Vikrama,¹ born of queen Dattadevī. Chandra Gupta was chosen out of many sons by his father as the best fitted to succeed him.² Another name of the new monarch disclosed by certain Vākāṭaka inscriptions, several types of coins and the Sāñchī inscription of A. D. 412-3 was Deva Gupta, Deva-śrī or Deva-rāja.¹