Kumaragupta II

Kumaragupta II (Gupta script: 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.[2] He was succeeded by Budhagupta.[3]

Kumaragupta II
Kumaragupta II Kramaditya
10th Gupta emperor
Reign	c. 473 – c. 476 CE
Predecessor	Purugupta
Successor	Budhagupta
Dynasty	Gupta

According to a Nalanda seal of Vishnugupta, Vishnugupta was son of Kumaragupta (II), and grandson of Purugupta.[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]

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  Nalanda clay seal of Vishnugupta. The seal states that Vishnugupta was son of Kumaragupta (II), and grandson of Purugupta.[7]
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  Buddha, standing under a chatra umbrella, inscribed: "Gift of Abhayamira in 154 GE" (474 CE) in the reign of Kumaragupta II. Sarnath Museum.[8]
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  Buddha, standing, inscribed: "Gift of Abhayamira in 154 GE" 474 CE in the reign of Kumaragupta II. Sarnath Museum.[9]
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  Inscription of the Buddha statue dated in Gupta Era 154 in the reign of Kumaragupta, with English translation.[10]

References

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. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.3 (inscriptions Of The Early Gupta Kings) p.364
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. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.3 (inscriptions Of The Early Gupta Kings) p.364
8. "Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds". vmis.in. American Institute of Indian Studies.
9. "Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds". vmis.in. American Institute of Indian Studies.
10. Sahni, Daya Ram (1920). Annual Report Of The Archaeological Survey Of India 1914-15. p. 124 inscription XV.