Sri Gupta

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Sri Gupta was the founder of the Gupta dynasty in ancient India, regarded as the dynasty’s earliest known ruler and ancestor of later emperors like Chandragupta I and Samudragupta.

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Sri Gupta canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf founder of dynasty
historical figure
monarch
associatedRegion Magadha (probable)
linked to: Magadha

eastern Uttar Pradesh–Bihar region (probable)
associatedWith Gupta Empire
country India
culturalContext North Indian
dynasty Gupta dynasty
linked to: Gupta Empire
era Classical age of India (early phase)
ethnicContext Indo-Aryan
founderOf Gupta dynasty
linked to: Gupta Empire
historicalCertainty limited epigraphic evidence
historicalDebate exact dates of reign uncertain
extent of territory uncertain
house Gupta
knownFor being ancestor of Chandragupta I
being ancestor of Samudragupta
establishing the Gupta ruling line
languageOfCourt Sanskrit
legacy laid foundations for later Gupta imperial expansion
name Sri Gupta
politicalStatus feudatory ruler (probable)
local ruler
precededBy local post-Kushan polities
predecessorDynasty Kushan Empire (regional context)
linked to: Kushan Empire
region ancient India
relatedTo Chandragupta I
Ghatotkacha
Samudragupta
religion Hinduism
role earliest known ruler of the Gupta dynasty
sourceMention Puranic genealogies
inscriptions of later Gupta rulers
successor Ghatotkacha
timePeriod early 4th century CE
late 3rd century CE
title Maharaja

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Chandragupta I grandfather Sri Gupta
Sri Gupta name Sri Gupta
Gupta dynasty founder Sri Gupta
subject linked to: Gupta
Chandragupta I ancestor Sri Gupta