Purugupta

Purugupta
9th Gupta Emperor
Reign	c. 467 – c. 473 CE
Predecessor	Skandagupta
Successor	Kumaragupta II

Dynasty	Gupta
Father	Kumaragupta I
Mother	Anantadevi

Gupta Empire
320 CE–550 CE


Sri Gupta	(240 – 280)
Ghatotkacha	(280 – 319)
Chandragupta I	(320 – 335)
Samudragupta	(335 – 380)
Ramagupta
Chandragupta II	(380 – 413/415)
Kumaragupta I	(415 – 455)
Skandagupta	(455 - 467)
Purugupta	(467 – 473)
Kumaragupta II	(473 - 476)
Budhagupta	(476 – 495)
Narasimhagupta	(495 – ?)
Kumaragupta III
Vishnugupta	(540 – 550)
Vainyagupta	(550 – ?)
Bhanugupta

Purugupta (Sanskrit: पुरुगुप्त) (reigned 467–473 CE) was an emperor of the Gupta dynasty in northern India. Purugupta was a son of the Gupta emperor Kumaragupta I by his queen Anantadevi. He succeeded his half-brother Skandagupta.^[1] No inscription of Purugupta has been found so far. He is known from the Bhitari silver-copper seal of his grandson Kumaragupta III and Nalanda clay sealings of his sons Narasimhagupta and Budhagupta and his grandson Kumaragupta III. From the Saranath Buddha image inscription, it is concluded that he was succeeded by Kumaragupta II.^[2]

References

↑ Mahajan, V. D. (2007) [1960]. Ancient India. New Delhi: S. Chand. p. 512. ISBN 81-219-0887-6.
↑ Agarwal, Ashvini (1989). Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 220, 223–5. ISBN 81-208-0592-5.

Regnal titles
Preceded by Skandagupta	Gupta Emperor 467–473 CE	Succeeded by Kumaragupta II

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