Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c25.11

c25.11

(iv) Bāṇa indeed, refers to Mādhava Gupta, the associate of Harsha, but he expressly mentions his father as the king of Mālava, and not of Magadha. The existence of two associates of Harsha, each bearing the name of Mādhava Gupta, one of whom was the son of a king of Magadha, is not known to the biographer of the great emperor.