Allahabad Pillar Prasasti composed by the court poet Hansena throws light on Samudragupta’s reign. [40] According to Yijing, this king built a temple for Chinese Buddhist pilgrims near "Mi-li-kia-si-kia-po-no" (believed to be a transcription of Mṛgaśikhāvana). [34] Based on the Pune and Riddhapur inscriptions of the Gupta princess Prabhavati-gupta, some scholars believe that the name of her paternal gotra (clan) was "Dharana", but an alternative reading of these inscriptions suggests that Dharana was the gotra of her mother Kuberanaga. He further consolidated his position by entering into matrimonial alliances with a Naga ruling family and Kuntala royal house. He also assumed the title of Parakramanka. Although painting was evidently widespread, the surviving works are almost all religious sculpture. So, successors of Skandagupta were Purugupta, Bhanugupta, Vismigupta and the last king of the Gupta Dynasty was Vishnugupta (550 CE). [106], In the western regions, they were succeeded by the Gurjaras, the Pratiharas, and later the Chaulukya-Paramara dynasties, who issued so-called Indo-Sasanian coinage, on the model of the coinage of the Sasanian Empire, which had been introduced in India by the Alchon Huns. He knew that it would be difficult to impose direct rule in south India. Shakuntala, a drama written by Kalidasa is regarded as a gem of the world literature. He was also the first Gupta king to issue silver coins. [89] The Kidarites seem to have retained the western part of the Gupta Empire. [41], In the Allahabad Pillar inscription, Gupta and his successor Ghatotkacha are described as Maharaja ("great king"), while the next king Chandragupta I is called a Maharajadhiraja ("king of great kings"). Srigupta-I. The most relevant are as follows, Purana: The Vishnupurana refers three Gupta Kings Srigupta, Ghatotkacha Gupta and Chandragupta-I. After this the king of Kanjeevaram in the south also surrendered. Thereafter, the king proceeded into the Himalaya mountains to reduce the mountain tribes of the Kinnaras, Kiratas, as well as India proper. Gupta Empire of Chandragupta II After gaining power, Chandragupta II expanded the Gupta Empire through conquest and political marriages until the end of his reign in 413 CE. [9] The period gave rise to achievements in architecture, sculpture, and painting that "set standards of form and taste [that] determined the whole subsequent course of art, not only in India but far beyond her borders". His conquest: After making preliminary preparation King Chandragupta-II started his campaign against Saka satrapas of western India. [65] Such claims are corroborated by Samudragupta's gold coins, which depict him playing a veena. Above all, it was the synthesis of elements that gave Gupta art its distinctive flavour. Chinese pilgrim Faxian, who visited India during his reign, suggests that he ruled over a peaceful and prosperous kingdom. 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