Gupta-Vakataka Age [c. 300 CE – 550 CE]

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Copyright © 1978 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota, assigned 1988 to Joseph E. Schwartzberg, additional material copyright © 1992 by Joseph E. Schwartzberg.

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Rulers  

 

NORTHWEST and FAR NORTHWEST

Southern Hunas

Toramana
c. 319 CE-350 CE
Mihirakula
c. 502 CE-530 CE[1]

Rāī dynasty of the Sindh c. 489 CE–632 CE[2]

Rāī Dīwāji (Devaditya)
 
Rāī Sahiras (Shri Harsha)
 
Rāī Sāhasī (Sinhasena)
 
Rāī Sahiras II
 
Rāī Sāhasī II
 

NORTH-CENTER

Gupta Empire[3] (Northern region)

Candragupta I
c. 319 CE-350 CE
Samudragupta
c. 350 CE-375 CE
Rāmagupta
c. 375 CE
Candragupta II
c. 375/380 CE-415 CE
Kumāragupta I
c. 415 CE-447 CE

WEST

Vākāṭaka[4] (Deccan region)

Vindyaśakti
c. mid-3rd century CE
Pravaraṣena I
 
 
 
Nandivardana Branch
Rudraṣena I
 
Pṛthvīṣena I
 
Rudraṣena II
c. 385 CE-390 CE
Prabhavatigupta
c. 390 CE-405 CE
Dāmodaraṣena
c. 405 CE-410 CE
Pravaraṣena II
c. 410 CE-445 CE
Narendraṣena
c. 445 CE-455 CE
Pṛthvīṣena II
c. 455 CE-475 CE
 
 
Vatsagulma Branch
Devaṣena
about 458 CE
Hariṣena
c. 460 CE-477 CE
Sarvaṣena III
c. 478 CE-483 CE

Kadamba[5] (South West Deccan)

Mayūraśarman
c. 345 CE-360 CE
Kangavarman
c. 360 CE-385 CE
Bhagīratha
c. 385 CE-410 CE
Raghu
c. 410 CE-425 CE
Raghu
c. 410 CE-425 CE
Kakusthavarman
c. 425 CE-450 CE
Śāntivarman
c. 450 CE-475 CE
Mrigeśavarman
c. 470 CE-488 CE
Māndhātrivarman
c. 488 CE-500 CE
Ravivarman
c. 500 CE-538 CE
Harivarman
c. 538 CE-550 CE
Krishnavarman II
c. 550 CE-565 CE

 

SOUTH

Early Pallava (South India)[6]

Simhavarman I
c. 275 CE-300 CE
(Śiva) Skandavarman
 
Buddhavarman
 
Buddyankura
 
Kumāravishnu I
c. 350 CE-370 CE
Skandavarman
c. 370 CE-385 CE
Vīravarman
c. 385 CE-400 CE
Skandavarman II
c. 400 CE-436 CE
 
 
Branch I
Simhavarman I
c. 436 CE-460 CE
Skandavarman III
c. 460 CE-480 CE
Nandivarman
c. 480 CE-510 CE
Kumāravishnu II
c. 510 CE-530 CE
Buddhavarman
c. 530 CE-540 CE
Kumāravishnu III
c. 540 CE-550 CE
 
 
Branch II
Yuvamahārāja Vishnugopavarman I
 
Simhavarman II
 
Vishnugopavarman II
 

 

 

Sālankāyanas (Rulers of Vengi)[7]

Devavarman (first known of the dynasty)
 
Hastivarman
c. 350 CE-375 CE
Nandivarman I
c. 375 CE
Hastivarman II
 
Skandavarman
 
Chandavarman, second son of Nandivarman I
 
Nandivarman II
c. 430 CE

Vishnukundins (Vengi)[8]

Mādhavavarman I
c. 440 CE-460 CE
 
 
Part I.
Devavarman
 
Mādhavavarman (48 years)
 
 
 
Part II.
Vikramendravarman I
c. 460 CE-480 CE
Indra-bhaṭṭāraka
c. 480 CE-515 CE
Vikramendra II
c. 515 CE-535 CE
Govindavarman
c. 535 CE-556 CE
Mādhavavarman II
c. 556 CE-616 CE
Manchana-bhaṭṭāraka
 

 

 

Early Ganga[9]
Kongaṇivarman
c. 400 CE
Mādhava I
c. 425 CE
 
 
Part I.
Āyyavarman
c. 450 CE
Mādhava II alias Simhavarman
c. 475 CE
Aviñita
c. 500 CE
 
 
Part II.
Krishnavarman
c. 450 CE
Simhavarman
c. 475 CE
Vīravarman yuvarāja
 

[1] Grousset, Rene (1970), p. 71 

[2] Wink, 1990. p. 152 

[3] Neelis, pp. 156-157 

[4] Spink, 2005. p. 166 

[5] Sastri, p. 110-112 

[6] Sastri 1966, P. 103 

[7] Sastri, 104-105 

[8] Sastri 106 

[9] Sastri 112-113 

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