The University of Nalanda c9.85

c9.85

(1) Śakrāditya seems to be Kumāragupta I because (a) Skandagupta was the son and successor of Kumāragupta I,² just as Buddhagupta was the son of Śakrāditya. (b) Another reason that has been very rightly suggested by Heras is that Hiuen Tsiang does not seem to give the original names of the Gupta Kings, but their titles or some titles taken in the later period. And thus he argues that as Kumāragupta I's coins bear witness of his having used the title of Mahendrāditya,³ and that as Mahendra is the same as Śakra, Kumāragupta I is the same as Śakrāditya.