Kumaragupta II
| Kumaragupta II | |
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 Kumaragupta II Kramaditya | |
| Gupta emperor | |
| Reign | c. 473 – c. 476 CE |
| Predecessor | Purugupta |
| Successor | Budhagupta |
| Dynasty | Gupta |
| Religion | Buddhist[1] |
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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.[5][6]
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]
Inscription of the Buddha statue dated in Gupta Era 154 in the reign of Kumaragupta, with English translation.[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ https://siddham.network/inscription/in00039
- ↑ Allen, John (1914). Catalogue of the coins of the Gupta dynasties. p. 142.
- ↑ Agarwal, Ashvini (1989). Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 220, 223–5. ISBN 81-208-0592-5.
- ↑ The Gupta Empire by Radhakumud Mookerji p.107
- ↑ "Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds". vmis.in. American Institute of Indian Studies.
- ↑ "Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds". vmis.in. American Institute of Indian Studies.
- ↑ "Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds". vmis.in. American Institute of Indian Studies.
- ↑ "Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds". vmis.in. American Institute of Indian Studies.
- ↑ Sahni, Daya Ram (1920). Annual Report Of The Archaeological Survey Of India 1914-15. p. 124 inscription XV.