Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c21.s2.4
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c21.s2.4
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³ The date 96 (=A.D. 415) is found in the Bilsar Inscription and the date 136 (=A.D. 455) on silver coins (*EHI*, 4th ed., pp 345-46). The Eraṇ inscription of Samudra Gupta refers to his 'virtuous and faithful wife' and many sons and son's sons of the royal pair. From this it seems probable that Kumāra Gupta and his brothers were already born during the reign of their grandfather, and that Kumāra had seen not less than some thirty five summers before his accession. As he reigned for at least forty years, he could not have died before the age of 75 (approximately).