Kumaragupta II

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Kumaragupta II
Kumaragupta II Kramaditya Circa 530-540 CE.jpg
Kumaragupta II Kramaditya
10th Gupta emperor
Reignc. 473 – c. 476 CE
PredecessorPurugupta
SuccessorBudhagupta
DynastyGupta
FatherPurugupta
MotherQueen Padmavati (Padmavatigupta)
Gupta Empire
320 CE–550 CE
Chandragupta II horse typeHead of a Buddha statue, India, Mathura, Gupta period, 4th-5th century CE
Gupta (c. late 3rd century)
Ghatotkacha (c. late 3rd century - 319)
Chandragupta I (c. 319 – 335/350)
Kacha (early 4th century?)
Samudragupta (c. 335/350 – 375)
(Ramagupta) (late 4th century?)
Chandragupta II (380 – 413/415)
Kumaragupta I (415 – 455)
Skandagupta (455 - 467)
Purugupta (467 – 473)
Kumaragupta II (473 - 476)
Budhagupta (476 – 495)
Narasimhagupta (495 – ?)
(Bhanugupta) (circa 510)
Vainyagupta (circa 507)
Kumaragupta III (circa 530)
Vishnugupta (540 – 550)

Kumaragupta II (Gupta script: Gupta allahabad ku.jpgGupta allahabad m.svgGupta allahabad r.svgGupta allahabad gu.jpgGupta allahabad pt.jpg Ku-ma-ra-gu-pta)[1] 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. His mother was a beautiful princess named Padmavatigupta (alias Padmavati).[2] He was succeeded by Budhagupta.[3]

Several statues of the standing Buddha, representative of Gupta art, are known from the reign of Kumaragupta II, now in the Sarnath Museum.[4][5]

  • Buddha, standing under a chatra umbrella, inscribed: "Gift of Abhayamira in 154 GE" (474 CE) in the reign of Kumaragupta II. Sarnath Museum.[6]

    Buddha, standing under a chatra umbrella, inscribed: "Gift of Abhayamira in 154 GE" (474 CE) in the reign of Kumaragupta II. Sarnath Museum.[6]

  • Buddha, standing, 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.[7]

  • Inscription of the Buddha statue dated in Gupta Era 154 in the reign of Kumaragupta, with English translation.[8]

    Inscription of the Buddha statue dated in Gupta Era 154 in the reign of Kumaragupta, with English translation.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Allen, John (1914). Catalogue of the coins of the Gupta dynasties. p. 142.
  2. ↑ Agarwal, Ashvini (1989). Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 220, 223–5. ISBN 81-208-0592-5.
  3. ↑ The Gupta Empire by Radhakumud Mookerji p.107
  4. ↑ "Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds". vmis.in. American Institute of Indian Studies.
  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. ↑ Sahni, Daya Ram (1920). Annual Report Of The Archaeological Survey Of India 1914-15. p. 124 inscription XV.
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Purugupta 		Gupta Emperor
473-476 CE 		Succeeded by
Budhagupta
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