Budhagupta

Budhagupta
Gold coin of Budhagupta
Gupta emperor
Reignc. 476 – c. 495 CE
PredecessorKumaragupta II
SuccessorNarasimhagupta
DynastyGupta
ReligionHinduism[1]
Location of the inscriptions mentioning Budhagupta as ruler.[2][3]

Budhagupta (Gupta script: Bu-dha-gu-pta,[4] r.c. 476 – 495 CE) was a Gupta emperor and the successor of Kumaragupta II. He was the son of Purugupta and was succeeded by Narasimhagupta.[5]

  1. ^ A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India by Upinder Singh p.521
  2. ^ Journal Of The Epigraphical Society Of India Vol Ix. 1982. p. 7.
  3. ^ For Sankarpur and Mathura: Salomon, Richard. Indian Epigraphy A Guide To The( Book Za.org). p. 145.
  4. ^ Allen, John (1914). Catalogue of the coins of the Gupta dynasties. p. 153.
  5. ^ Raychaudhuri, H.C. (1972). Political History of Ancient India, Calcutta: University of Calcutta, p. 522