The Vākātaka-Gupta Age, Circa 200-550 A. D.

3rd century 4th century administration Allahabad ancient Aśvamedha Basim branch belonged Bengal Brāhmaṇas brother Buddha Buddhist capital Central Ceylon Chandra-gupta charters Chinese coinage coins conquest culture Deccan defeated described district doubt dynasty evidence father feudatory fifth century A.D. grant Gujarat Gupta emperor Gupta empire Gupta period Hindu Hūņas identified Ikshvākus imperial India inscription issued Kadamba Kālidāsa Kalinga Kāñchi Kanishka III Kathiawar king kingdom known Kosala Kumāra-gupta Kuntala Kushāņa large number Later Guptas legend Lichchhavi Magadha Magha Mahākshatrapa Mahārāja Mahāyāna Mālavas Malwa Mathura Maukharis mentioned Mihirakula Nāga Nāgasena Narendra-sena northern Pallava pillar plates Pravara-sena Prithvi-sheņa probably province Punjab Purāņas records referred regnal reign royal Rudra-sena ruled rulers Śaka Samudra Samudra-gupta Sanskrit Sassanian Sātavāhana scholars seals seems Śiva sixth century Skanda-gupta South succeeded successor temple territory throne tion Vākāṭaka varman Vasudeva Vasudeva II village Western Kshatrapas Yasodharman Yaudheyas