Kumaragupta I

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Kumaragupta I was a prominent 5th-century Gupta emperor of northern India, known for maintaining the empire’s stability and prosperity and for issuing extensive coinage.

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Label Occurrences
Kumaragupta I canonical 7
Sri Kumaragupta 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gupta emperor
Indian monarch
historical figure
associatedWith Nalanda
surface form: Nalanda Mahavihara
capital Pataliputra
Ujjain
centuryOfActivity 5th century
coinLegend Mahendraditya
surface form: Sri Mahendraditya
coinMotif Garuda
Karttikeya
peacock
country Gupta Empire
dynasty Gupta Empire
surface form: Gupta dynasty
era Gupta Empire
surface form: Gupta Golden Age
father Chandragupta II
floruit c. 415–455 CE
house Gupta
inscriptionEvidence Bhitari pillar inscription
Mandsaur inscription
issue Purugupta
Skandagupta
issuedCoinType copper coin
gold dinar
silver coin
knownFor extensive coinage
maintaining prosperity of the Gupta Empire
maintaining stability of the Gupta Empire
religious tolerance
maintainedControlOver Bengal
Gujarat
Magadha
Malwa
militaryCampaign against Pushyamitras
mother Dhruvadevi
patronage Buddhism
Hindu temples
predecessor Chandragupta II
regionRuled northern India
reignEnd c. 455 CE
reignStart c. 415 CE
religion Hinduism
spouse Anantadevi
styleOfRule hereditary monarchy
successor Skandagupta
successorContestedBy internal conflicts at end of reign
title Maharajadhiraja
Mahendraditya
Kumaragupta I self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sri Kumaragupta

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Gupta Empire notableRuler Kumaragupta I
Nalanda foundedBy Kumaragupta I
Chandragupta II successor Kumaragupta I
Chandragupta II child Kumaragupta I
Kumaragupta I title Kumaragupta I self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sri Kumaragupta
Skandagupta predecessor Kumaragupta I
Skandagupta father Kumaragupta I
Skandagupta associatedPeople Kumaragupta I