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Kumaragupta II
Kumaragupta II Kramaditya
10th Gupta emperor
Reignc. 473 – c. 476 CE
PredecessorPurugupta
SuccessorBudhagupta
DynastyGupta
ReligionHinduism[1]

Kumaragupta II (Gupta script: Ku-ma-ra-gu-pta)[2] Kramaditya was an emperor of the Gupta Empire. An image of Gautama Buddha at Sarnath notes that he succeeded Purugupta who was most likely his father.[3] He was succeeded by Budhagupta.[4]

Several statues of the standing Buddha, representative of Gupta art, are known from the reign of Kumaragupta II, now in the Sarnath Museum.[5][6]

  1. ^ A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India by Upinder Singh p.521
  2. ^ Allen, John (1914). Catalogue of the coins of the Gupta dynasties. p. 142.
  3. ^ Agarwal, Ashvini (1989). Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 220, 223–5. ISBN 81-208-0592-5.
  4. ^ The Gupta Empire by Radhakumud Mookerji p.107
  5. ^ "Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds". vmis.in. American Institute of Indian Studies.
  6. ^ "Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds". vmis.in. American Institute of Indian Studies.
  7. ^ "Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds". vmis.in. American Institute of Indian Studies.
  8. ^ "Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds". vmis.in. American Institute of Indian Studies.
  9. ^ Sahni, Daya Ram (1920). Annual Report Of The Archaeological Survey Of India 1914-15. p. 124 inscription XV.

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