The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v1.c8.s5.14

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¹ The evidence of literary tradition suggests that Pravarasena II, who was perhaps the youngest child of this union, had, for some time after his accession, entrusted the onerous duties of administration to the care of his illustrious maternal grandfather Chandragupta II in order that he might himself enjoy the pleasures of youth. Cf. *Asakalahasitatvāt kshālitanīva Kāntyā mukulitanayanatvād-vyaktakarṇotpalāni pibatu madhusugandhinyānanāni priyāṇām Mayi vinihitabhāraḥ Kuntalānāmadhīśaḥ* Kāvyamīmānsā, pp. 60-1. As Chandragupta II died in *c.* A.D. 414, his grandson should have been about twenty-five at the time of his death in order to render the above tradition feasible. He must therefore have been born *c.* A.D. 390. He was probably the third child of his parents, and so they may have been married about A.D. 380.