Ghatotkacha (king)

Ghatotkacha
Maharaja
Mahārāja Shrī Ghatotkacha inscription in Gupta script, on the Allahabad pillar inscription of Samudragupta.[1]
2nd king of Gupta dynasty
Reign	c. 280 CE - 319 CE
Predecessor	Gupta
Successor	Chandragupta I
Issue	Chandragupta I
Dynasty	Gupta
Father	Gupta

Gupta Empire 320 CE–550 CE
Gupta (c. late 3rd century) Ghatotkacha (c. late 3rd century - 319) Chandragupta I (c. 319 – 335/350) Kacha (early 4th century?) Samudragupta (c. 335/350 – 375) (Ramagupta) (late 4th century?) Chandragupta II (380 – 413/415) Kumaragupta I (415 – 455) Skandagupta (455 - 467) Purugupta (467 – 473) Kumaragupta II (473 - 476) Budhagupta (476 – 495) Narasimhagupta (495 – ?) (Bhanugupta) (c. 510) Vainyagupta (c. 507) Kumaragupta III (c. 530) Vishnugupta (540 – 550)
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Ghatotkacha (Gupta script: Gha-to-tka-cha, IAST: Ghaṭotkaca, r. c. late 3rd century - early 4th century) was a pre-imperial Gupta king of northern India. He was a son of the dynasty's founder Gupta, and the father of the dynasty's first emperor Chandragupta I.