Samudragupta
4th-century ruler of the Gupta Empire · India · On the map · Lived 335 to 380 · aged 45
Samudragupta was the second emperor of the Gupta Empire of ancient India. As a son of the Gupta emperor Chandragupta I and the Licchavi princess Kumaradevi, he inherited the kingdom and transformed it into a vast empire through his military campaigns.
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![[[File:Gupta allahabad m.svg|11px]][[File:Gupta allahabad haa.jpg|11px]][[File:Gupta allahabad raa.jpg|11px]][[File:Gupta allahabad j.svg|12px]][[File:Gupta allahabad dhi.jpg|10px]][[File:Gupta allahabad raa.jpg|11px]][[File:Gupta allahabad j.svg|12px]][[File:Gupta allahabad shrii.jpg|12px]][[File:Gupta_ashoka_s.svg|14px]][[File:Gupta allahabad mu.jpg|11px]][[File:Gupta allahabad dr.jpg|12px]][[File:Gupta allahabad gu.jpg|14px]][[File:Gupta allahabad pt.jpg|12px]]''Mahārājadhirāja Shrī Samudragupta''\"Great King of Kings, Lord Samudragupta\"in the [[Gupta script]], on the [[Allahabad pillar]] Samudragupta inscription.[[:File:Allahabad stone pillar inscription of Samudragupta.jpg|Full inscription]], {{cite book |last1=Fleet |first1=John Faithfull |title=Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol. 3 |date=1888 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.49403/page/n197 1]-17 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.49403}}"}},"i":0}}]}" id="mwFA">Inscription:Mahārājadhirāja Shrī Samudragupta"Great King of Kings, Lord Samudragupta"in the Gupta script, on the Allahabad pillar Samudragupta inscription.[2]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Maharajadhiraja_Sri_Samudragupta_inscription_on_the_Allahabad_pillar_Samudragupta_inscription.jpg/1280px-Maharajadhiraja_Sri_Samudragupta_inscription_on_the_Allahabad_pillar_Samudragupta_inscription.jpg)
[[File:Gupta allahabad m.svg|11px]][[File:Gupta allahabad haa.jpg|11px]][[File:Gupta allahabad raa.jpg|11px]][[File:Gupta allahabad j.svg|12px]][[File:Gupta allahabad dhi.jpg|10px]][[File:Gupta allahabad raa.jpg|11px]][[File:Gupta allahabad j.svg|12px]][[File:Gupta allahabad shrii.jpg|12px]][[File:Gupta_ashoka_s.svg|14px]][[File:Gupta allahabad mu.jpg|11px]][[File:Gupta allahabad dr.jpg|12px]][[File:Gupta allahabad gu.jpg|14px]][[File:Gupta allahabad pt.jpg|12px]]''Mahārājadhirāja Shrī Samudragupta''\"Great King of Kings, Lord Samudragupta\"in the [[Gupta script]], on the [[Allahabad pillar]] Samudragupta inscription.[[:File:Allahabad stone pillar inscription of Samudragupta.jpg|Full inscription]], {{cite book |last1=Fleet |first1=John Faithfull |title=Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol. 3 |date=1888 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.49403/page/n197 1]-17 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.49403}}"}},"i":0}}]}" id="mwFA">Inscription:Mahārājadhirāja Shrī Samudragupta"Great King of Kings, Lord Samudragupta"in the Gupta script, on the Allahabad pillar Samudragupta inscription.[2]
Text of the Allahabad stone pillar inscription of Samudragupta, in the Brahmi script.
Translation of the Allahabad inscription of Samudragupta![Coin minted in the Punjab area with the name "Samudra" ( Sa-mu-dra), derived from the style of late Kushan Empire coinage, and tamgha . These atypical coins follow the fall of the last Kushan ruler Kipunada, and just precede the coinage of the first Kidarite Huns in northwestern India. Circa CE 350-375.[64][65]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Samudra_Gandhara_coin%2C_Punjabi_mint_Circa_CE_350-375.jpg/500px-Samudra_Gandhara_coin%2C_Punjabi_mint_Circa_CE_350-375.jpg)
Coin minted in the Punjab area with the name "Samudra" ( Sa-mu-dra), derived from the style of late Kushan Empire coinage, and tamgha . These atypical coins follow the fall of the last Kushan ruler Kipunada, and just precede the coinage of the first Kidarite Huns in northwestern India. Circa CE 350-375.[64][65]
"Davaka" (Brahmi script: ) in the Allahabad Pillar inscription