Narasimhagupta

Narasimhagupta
Coin of Narasinhagupta, Circa 414-455 CE.[1] The name Nara appears vertically under the left arm of the King.[2]
Gupta emperor
Reignc. 495 – c. 530 CE
PredecessorBudhagupta
SuccessorKumaragupta III
SpouseShrimitradevi
DynastyGupta
FatherPurugupta
ReligionBuddhism[3]
Hinduism

Narasimhagupta (Gupta script: Na-ra-si-ṅha-gu-pta)[2] Baladitya was the Gupta Emperor from 495 to 530 CE. He was son of Purugupta and probably the successor of Budhagupta. Hiuen TSang refers to him as the king of Magadha.[4][5]

  1. ^ CNG Coins
  2. ^ a b Allen, John (1914). Catalogue of the coins of the Gupta dynasties. p. 137.
  3. ^ Singh, Upinder (2008). A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century. Pearson Education India. p. 521. ISBN 978-81-317-1677-9. Narasimhagupta became a Buddhist monk and gave up his life through dhyana (meditation). Kumaragupta I and Budhagupta may have built monasteries at Nalanda.
  4. ^ Majumdar, Ramesh Chandra (1977). Ancient India. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. p. 245. ISBN 978-81-208-0436-4.
  5. ^ V.D, Mahajan. Ancient India. S. Chand Publishing. p. 393. ISBN 978-93-5253-132-5.

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