Dattadevi

Dattadevi
Empress Consort of the Gupta Empire
TenureUnknown - c. 375
PredecessorKumaradevi
SuccessorDhruvadevi
BornBefore 330
DiedAfter 375
SpouseSamudragupta
IssueChandragupta II[1][2] and possibly Ramagupta
HouseGupta Empire
DynastyGupta (by Marriage)
ReligionHinduism

Dattadevi was the wife of Gupta King Samudragupta.[3][4] She was the mother of Samudragupta's son and successor Chandragupta II,[5] She was most probably married to Samudragupta during his educational career.[2] Harisena, Samudragupta's court poet and close friend, played an important role in the marriage of Samudragupta to Dattadevi.[6] She is described as a "virtuous and faithful wife" in an Eran inscription.[1] She hailed from the Abhira tribe.[7]

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  4. ^ "Kings Queens:1. Chandragupta-I Kumaradevi2. Samudragupta Dattadevi3. Chandragupta-II Dhruvadevi4. Kumargupta-I Kuberanaga.Select the correct answer from the codes given below:1, 2 and 31, 2 and 42 and 42 and 3". Toppr Ask. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
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