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Kumaragupta II

Kumaragupta II Kramaditya was an emperor of the Gupta Empire. An image of Gautama Buddha at Sarnath notes that he succeeded Purugupta who was most likely his father. He was succeeded by Budhagupta.

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Kumaragupta II
Kumaragupta II Kramaditya
Gupta emperor
Reignc. 473 – c. 476 CE
PredecessorPurugupta
SuccessorBudhagupta
DynastyGupta
ReligionBuddhist1

Kumaragupta II (Gupta script: Ku-ma-ra-gu-pta)2 Kramaditya was an emperor of the Gupta Empire. An image of Gautama Buddha at Sarnath notes that he succeeded Purugupta who was most likely his father.3 He was succeeded by Budhagupta.4

Several statues of the standing Buddha, representative of Gupta art, are known from the reign of Kumaragupta II, now in the Sarnath Museum.56

  • Buddha, standing under a chatra umbrella, inscribed: "Gift of Abhayamira in 154 GE" (474 CE) in the reign of Kumaragupta II. Sarnath Museum.[7]
    Buddha, standing under a chatra umbrella, inscribed: "Gift of Abhayamira in 154 GE" (474 CE) in the reign of Kumaragupta II. Sarnath Museum.7
  • Buddha, standing, inscribed: "Gift of Abhayamira in 154 GE" 474 CE in the reign of Kumaragupta II. Sarnath Museum.[8]
    Buddha, standing, inscribed: "Gift of Abhayamira in 154 GE" 474 CE in the reign of Kumaragupta II. Sarnath Museum.8
  • Inscription of the Buddha statue dated in Gupta Era 154 in the reign of Kumaragupta, with English translation.[9]
    Inscription of the Buddha statue dated in Gupta Era 154 in the reign of Kumaragupta, with English translation.9
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References

  1. https://siddham.network/inscription/in00039
  2. Allen, John (1914). Catalogue of the coins of the Gupta dynasties. p. 142.
  3. Agarwal, Ashvini (1989). Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 220, 223–5. ISBN 81-208-0592-5.
  4. The Gupta Empire by Radhakumud Mookerji p.107
  5. "Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds". vmis.in. American Institute of Indian Studies.
  6. "Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds". vmis.in. American Institute of Indian Studies.
  7. "Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds". vmis.in. American Institute of Indian Studies.
  8. "Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds". vmis.in. American Institute of Indian Studies.
  9. Sahni, Daya Ram (1920). Annual Report Of The Archaeological Survey Of India 1914-15. p. 124 inscription XV.