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The Journal of the Bihar Research Society

1944

This verse unfolds the story that Candra Gupta was not satisfied with the position of the chief commander in the Andhra regime but in order to gain more influence with the palace started an intrigue with the queen of Candragrthe Andhra king of Magadha. [...] Candragri's death thus will have to be put down in 313 A. D. The verse under reference further proves that the Guptas did not fall down from the skies on the vacant throne of Magadha in the mysterious city of Ntaliputra of the dark period of Indian history 1 The next verse gives an account of the further consequences of the bold action of Candra Gupta."12 GUPTA DYNDAST [j.13 R s. (7) Ana'hrebhyo [...] The Guptas forcibly took the kingdom of Magadha from the Andhras ; that is to say the kingdom of Magadha belonged to the Andhras before the Guptas came into power.' The kingdom was taken in a violent manner. [...] He is described as the daughter's son of the king of Nepal that is to say the son of Kumaradevi who was the daughter of the king of Nepal. [...] The word Mleccha may mean foreigners' consisting of the remnants of the foreign invaders such as the Sakas Yavanas White Huns and so forth but it is also possible that the army raised by Samudra Gupta belonged to the Mleccha country which included among others Anga Vauga Kaliiiga and parts of Magadha that is to say the army of the local inhabitants of Magadha and outlying countries who sh
anthropology archaeology
Pages
130
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.140927
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-vii Saiyid Fazl, A. Banerji-Sastri, K.K. Datta view
New Light on the History of the Imperial Gupta Dynasty
1-i B. Bhattacharyya view
“Tuhfat-us-Salatin”
47-70 S.A. Shere view
Cession of the Dutch Possessions in India to the British Government 1824-25
71-80 Kali Datta view
Some Aspects of the Qutb Shahi Administration of Golkunda
81-103 Jagadish Sarkar view
Ibrahim of Ghazna the Matanga Slayer of Durlabharaja III of Sakambhari
104-105 Dasharatha Sharma view
Notes of the Quarters
106-122 unknown view

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