Kumaragupta III (Gupta script: Ku-ma-ra-gu-pta) was a later Gupta Emperor. He succeeded his father Narasimhagupta in about 530 CE.
His silver-copper seal was discovered in Bhitari (Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh) in 1889, which mentions the names of his father Narasimhagupta and grandfather Purugupta.[1][2] The seal of Kumaragupta III allowed for the clarification of the genealogy of later Gupta kings: it gave the names of three Gupta king who had been hitherto unknown: Purugupta, Narasimhagupta and Kumaragupta II.[3]
A clay sealing of him was discovered from Nalanda, which also mentioned about his father and grandfather. Nalanda clay seal of Kumaragupta III mentions Purugupta as Kumaragupta I's son from his queen Anantadevi.
The Gupta Empire declined during his rule and the later kings. He had to face Yashodharman, the Aulikara ruler of Malwa who had defeated the Huna king Mihirakula at Sondani and was conquering Northern India. J.L. Jain is of the view that Kumaragupta III was killed during this conflict, around 530 AD and Kumaragupta III's father Narasimhagupta committed suicide on hearing the news.[4] He was succeeded by his son Vishnugupta.
The Nalanda clay seal of Vishnugupta states that Vishnugupta was son of Kumaragupta III, and grandson of Purugupta.[5]
Nalanda clay seals of Kumaragupta III.[6]
^"Kumaragupta-III-of-the-Gupta-Empire".
^Bhitari Inscribed Copper-Silver Seal of Kumaragupta III - Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta. LVIII, p. 89
^Willis, Michael (2005). "Later Gupta History: Inscriptions, Coins and Historical Ideology". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 15 (2): 131–150. ISSN 1356-1863. JSTOR 25188529.
^Jain, Kailash Chand (31 December 1972). Malwa Through The Ages. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. ISBN 978-81-208-0824-9.
^Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.3 (inscriptions Of The Early Gupta Kings) p.364
^Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.3 (inscriptions Of The Early Gupta Kings) p.355
KumaraguptaIII (Gupta script: Ku-ma-ra-gu-pta) was a later Gupta Emperor. He succeeded his father Narasimhagupta in about 530 CE. His silver-copper seal...
Kumaragupta I (Gupta script: Ku-ma-ra-gu-pta, r. c. 415–455 CE) was an emperor of the Gupta Empire of Ancient India. A son of the Gupta emperor Chandragupta...
Kumaragupta II (Gupta script: Ku-ma-ra-gu-pta) Kramaditya was an emperor of the Gupta Empire. An image of Gautama Buddha at Sarnath notes that he succeeded...
of his grandson KumaraguptaIII and Nalanda clay sealings of his sons Narasimhagupta and Budhagupta and his grandson KumaraguptaIII. From the Saranath...
the Nalanda sealing is Shrimitradevi. He was succeeded by his son KumaraguptaIII. Coin of Narasimhagupta Baladitya, circa 495-530 CE. Nalanda clay seals...
listing Purugupta's name after that of Kumaragupta. An example is the Bhitari seal of the 6th century king KumaraguptaIII. However, this omission may be explained...
rulers of the dynasty were Chandragupta I, Samudragupta, Chandragupta II, Kumaragupta I and Skandagupta. The high points of this period are the great cultural...
Chapter 11 – The Gupta Empire and the Western Satraps: Chandragupta I to Kumaragupta I. Full inscription, Fleet, John Faithfull (1888). Corpus Inscriptionum...
denotes a year of the Gupta era: this is obviously incorrect, since Kumaragupta I ruled after Chandragupta II. Scholars K.K. Thaplyal and R.C. Sharma...
Bu-dha-gu-pta, 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....
p. 34. ISBN 978-0-8264-9966-0. John F Fleet, Nalanda clay seals of KumaraguptaIII, Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.3 Pinkney 2014, pp. 116 with footnotes...
political power of the Maukharis and alarmed the Later Gupta king KumaraguptaIII who defeated Ishanavarman but could not completely crush him. He was...
such feudatories, KumāraguptaIII, the son of Narasimhagupta II, and Vishnugupta Chandraditya, the son and successor of KumāraguptaIII, were able to retain...
probably occurred when he acted as a regent for his nephew Skandavarman III. Nilaraja of Avamukta The identity of Avamukta is uncertain. The Brahmanda...
Buddhism. He most likely received royal patronage from Bālāditya II or KumāraguptaIII. The Maukhari ruler Dhruvasena I may have also supported Paramārtha...
London (according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle). Skandagupta succeeds Kumaragupta I as ruler of the Gupta Empire (India). During his reign he crushes the...
Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, begins to write The City of God. 415 – 455: Kumaragupta, Gupta emperor. 420: The Jin dynasty comes to an end by Liu Yu. 420 –...
conquests, the silver coins of the Gupta kings Chandragupta II and his son Kumaragupta I adopted the Western Satrap design (itself derived from the Indo-Greeks)...
Global Information
Ku-ma-ra-gu-pta) was a later Gupta Emperor. He succeeded his father Narasimhagupta in about 530 CE.
![The Nalanda clay seal of Vishnugupta states that Vishnugupta was son of Kumaragupta III, and grandson of Purugupta.[5]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Nalanda_clay_seal_of_Vishnugupta.jpg/120px-Nalanda_clay_seal_of_Vishnugupta.jpg)
The Nalanda clay seal of Vishnugupta states that Vishnugupta was son of Kumaragupta III, and grandson of Purugupta.[5]![Nalanda clay seals of Kumaragupta III.[6]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Nalanda_clay_seal_of_Kumaragupta_III.jpg/57px-Nalanda_clay_seal_of_Kumaragupta_III.jpg)
Nalanda clay seals of Kumaragupta III.[6]![The Nalanda clay seal of Vishnugupta states that Vishnugupta was son of Kumaragupta III, and grandson of Purugupta.[5]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Nalanda_clay_seal_of_Vishnugupta.jpg/120px-Nalanda_clay_seal_of_Vishnugupta.jpg)
![Nalanda clay seals of Kumaragupta III.[6]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Nalanda_clay_seal_of_Kumaragupta_III.jpg/57px-Nalanda_clay_seal_of_Kumaragupta_III.jpg)