The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c29.58
The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c29.58
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c29.58
The exact year of Samudragupta's death is not known, but he certainly lived to an advanced age, and enjoyed a reign of uninterrupted prosperity for nearly half a century. Before he passed away, he did his best to secure the peaceful transmission of the crown by nominating as his successor, from among many sons,¹ the offspring of his queen, Datta Devī, whom he rightly deemed worthy to inherit a magnificent empire.