{"product_id":"the-imperial-guptas-a-political-history","title":"THE IMPERIAL GUPTAS : A Political History","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"47\" data-end=\"69\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"49\" data-end=\"58\"\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: xvi + 476\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"70\" data-end=\"98\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"72\" data-end=\"82\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardbound (HB)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"124\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"101\" data-end=\"109\"\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9788173054327\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"125\" data-end=\"151\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"127\" data-end=\"138\"\u003eEdition\u003c\/strong\u003e: 1st Edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"152\" data-end=\"194\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"154\" data-end=\"167\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Aryan Books International\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"195\" data-end=\"220\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"197\" data-end=\"205\"\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: 19 cm x 25 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"221\" data-end=\"245\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"223\" data-end=\"239\"\u003eProduct Year\u003c\/strong\u003e: 2012\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe present volume comprising 12 Chapters and six Appendices discusses Gupta history, based on the latest evidence. The problems discussed critically include: the name of the first king, the bearing of Chandragupta I?s marriage with Lichchhavi princess; authorship of Chandragupta I-Kumaradevi coins; identification and chronological position of Kacha; the Nalanda and Gaya copper plates of Samudragupta; significance of the epithet Lichchhavi-dauhitra; Samudragupta?s policy towards different powers; meaning of chir=otsan=asvamedh= ahartta; literary, numismatic and epigraphic evidences for the historicity of Ramagupta; marriage alliance of the Guptas with the Nagas and the Vaka?akas; epigraphic and numismatic evidences for Chandragupta II?s Saka conquest; identification of Chandra of Mehrauli inscription; the date, status and chronological position of Govindagupta; Gha?otkachagupta's marriage with a Vaka?aka princess, his status as governor of Kumaragupta I, his rebellion against him, and his short reign in Malwa; the struggle for, and the order of, sucession after Kumaragupta I ; the view of Skandagupta?s identification with Purugupta and that of the division of empire between them; name and status of Skandagupta?s mother; invasion of the Pushyamitras and the H?u?as; Torama?a?s occupation of Eran; identification of Prakasaditya; genealogy and chronology of Gupta kings; relationship between Prakasadharman and Yasodharman who defeated Torama?a and Mihirakula, respectively; identification of Baladitya, contemporary of Mihirakula; role of the Later Guptas, Maukharis, H?u?as and Yasodharman in the downfall of the Gupta empire; evidence for three Kumaraguptas; king?s name and date on the fifth Damodarpur copperplate; Jaina sources and epigraphs on the end of the Gupta rule.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aryan Books International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49534787748144,"sku":"AryanBooksInernationalDrg_9788173054327","price":2240.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/aryan-books-international-book-default-title-the-imperial-guptas-a-political-history-40172030329136.jpg?v=1775957484","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/the-imperial-guptas-a-political-history","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}