Dattadevi

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Dattadevi
Empress Consort of the Gupta Empire
TenureUnknown - c.375
PredecessorKumaradevi
Successor Dhruvadevi
BornBefore 330
DiedAfter 375
Spouse Samudragupta
Issue Chandragupta II [1] [2] and possibly Ramagupta
House Gupta Empire
Dynasty Gupta (by Marriage)
Religion Hinduism

Dattadevi was the wife of Gupta King Samudragupta. [3] [4] She was the mother of Samudragupta's son and successor Chandragupta II, [5] She was most probably married to Samudragupta during his educational career. [2] Harisena, Samudragupta's court poet and close friend, played an important role in the marriage of Samudragupta to Dattadevi. [6] She is described as a "virtuous and faithful wife" in an Eran inscription. [1]

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