Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c21.s1.12

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**Chief Cities of the Empire.**—The first important Gupta metropolis seems to have been at Pāṭaliputra—“the city named Pushpa” where Samudra Gupta is said to have “rested on his laurels” after one of his victorious campaigns, and from which a Gupta Minister for Peace and War went to East Mālwa in the company of his sovereign. From A.D. 402 Chandra Gupta seems to have had a residence in Mālwa, at first possibly at Vidiśā and later on, after his western conquests, at Ujjain. Certain chiefs of the Kanarese districts, who claimed descent from Chandra Gupta (Vikramāditya), referred to their great ancestor as *Ujjayinī-puravar-ādhīśvara*, ‘lord of Ujjain, the best of cities,’ as well as *Pāṭalipuravar-ādhīśvara* ‘lord of Pāṭali (putra), the best of cities.’ Sir R. G. Bhandarkar identifies Chandra Gupta II with the traditional Vikramāditya *Śakāri*, “the sun of valour, the destroyer of the Śakas,” of Ujjain.² The titles *Śrī*