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Purugupta (
''Pu-ra-gu-pta'', ) (reigned 467–473 CE) was an emperor of the 
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Gupta script
The Gupta script (sometimes referred to as Gupta Brahmi script or Late Brahmi script)Sharma, Ram. '' 'Brahmi Script' ''. Delhi: BR Publishing Corp, 2002 was used for writing Sanskrit and is associated with the Gupta Empire of the Indian subcon ...
: ''Pu-ra-gu-pta'', ) (reigned 467–473 CE) was an emperor of the Gupta dynasty
The Gupta Empire was an Indian empire during the classical period of the Indian subcontinent which existed from the mid 3rd century to mid 6th century CE. At its zenith, the dynasty ruled over an empire that spanned much of the northern Indian ...
in northern India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
. Purugupta was a son of the Gupta emperor Kumaragupta I
Kumaragupta I was Gupta Empire, Gupta emperor from 415 until his death in 455. A son of the Gupta king Chandragupta II and Queen Dhruvadevi, he seems to have maintained control of his inherited territory, which extended from Gujarat in the wes ...
by his queen ''Anantadevi''. He succeeded his half-brother Skandagupta
Skandagupta (Gupta script: ''Ska-nda-gu-pta'', r. –467) was a Gupta Empire, Gupta Emperor of India. His Bhitari pillar inscription of Skandagupta, Bhitari pillar inscription suggests that he restored the Gupta power by defeating his enemies, ...
. No inscription of Purugupta has been found so far. He is known from the Bhitari silver-copper seal of his grandson Kumaragupta III
Kumaragupta III (Gupta script: ''Ku-ma-ra-gu-pta'') was a later Gupta Empire, Gupta Emperor. He succeeded his father Narasimhagupta Baladitya, Narasimhagupta in about 530 CE.
His silver-copper seal was discovered in Bhitari (Ghazipur district, ...
and Nalanda clay sealings of his sons Narasimhagupta
Narasimhagupta (Gupta script: ''Na-ra-si-ṅha-gu-pta'') Baladitya was the Gupta Empire, Gupta Emperor from 495 to 530 CE. He was son of Purugupta and probably the successor of Budhagupta. Xuanzang, Hiuen TSang refers to him as the king of Mag ...
and Budhagupta and his grandson Kumaragupta III
Kumaragupta III (Gupta script: ''Ku-ma-ra-gu-pta'') was a later Gupta Empire, Gupta Emperor. He succeeded his father Narasimhagupta Baladitya, Narasimhagupta in about 530 CE.
His silver-copper seal was discovered in Bhitari (Ghazipur district, ...
. From the Saranath Buddha image inscription, it is concluded that he was succeeded by Kumaragupta II. According to Hornell and Raychaudhary, Prakashaditya was another title of Purugupta, although this has now been disproven by Pankaj Tandon, who has definitively shown that Prakashaditya was the Hun king Toramana.
According to a Nalanda
Nalanda (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: , ) was a renowned Buddhism, Buddhist ''mahavihara'' (great monastery) in medieval Magadha (Mahajanapada), Magadha (modern-day Bihar), eastern India. Widely considered to be am ...
seal of Vishnugupta, Vishnugupta was son of Kumaragupta (III), and grandson of Purugupta.Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.3 (inscriptions Of The Early Gupta Kingsp.364
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References
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