Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c22.s6.46

c22.s6.46

We learn from the Dēo-Baraṇārk inscription that Ādityasena was succeeded by his son **Deva Gupta (III)**, who in his turn was succeeded by his son **Vishṇu Gupta (II)**.² The last king was **Jīvita Gupta II**, son of Vishṇu. All these kings continued to assume imperial titles. That these were not empty forms appears from the records of the Western Chalukyas of Vātāpi which testify to the existence of a Pan-North Indian empire in the last quarter of the seventh century A. D. The only North Indian sovereigns, *Uttarāpatha-nātha*, who laid claim to the imperial dignity during this period, and actually dominated Magadha and the *Madhya deśa* as is proved by the Aphsaḍ and Dēo-Baraṇārk inscriptions, were Ādityasena and his successors.³