Chitra Katha

SamudraguptaVictor of a Hundred Battles

From about 335 CE he campaigned from the Ganga plain to Kanchi in the south, and Harishena’s prashasti on the Prayag pillar lists the kings he uprooted and the kings he restored.

Reigned c. 335–375 CE

The full life

1His prashasti is carved on the Ashoka pillar now in the Allahabad fort.Samudragupta

2Uprooted nine kings of Aryavarta; captured and released twelve of the south.Samudragupta · The rival kings

3Issued vina-player and Ashvamedha gold coins.Samudragupta

4Called himself Licchavi-dauhitra, grandson of the Licchavis through his mother.Kumaradevi · Samudragupta

5Came to the throne c. 335 CE and died c. 375 CE.Samudragupta · The people

6Called the Indian Napoleon by Vincent Smith in 1904; his own coins say parakramah.Samudragupta

Sources for these facts

Allahabad pillar inscription (Prayag prashasti) of Harishena
Eran stone inscription of Samudragupta
Gupta gold coinage (Bayana hoard)
Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum III (Fleet)

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