The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c29.13
The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c29.13
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¹ His father was named Ghaṭotkacha, and his grandfather simply Gupta. A seal of Ghaṭotkacha, who, according to Allan, may be a different person, has been excavated at Basāṛh (Vaisālī) (*A.S. Ann. Rep.*, 1903–4, p. 107, Pl. xli, 14). Buddhist legend offers another instance of the participle Gupta alone serving as a proper name in the case of Upagupta (Gupta the Less), son of Gupta the perfumer.