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]

References

  1. 1 2 Indian History. Allied Publishers. 1988. ISBN   978-81-8424-568-4.
  2. 1 2 Gopal, Lallanji (1969). Samudragupta. National Book Trust, India.
  3. ↑ "Dattādevī". hindupedia.com/. hindupedia.com. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Kings Queens:1. Chandragupta-I Kumaradevi2. Samudragupta Dattadevi3. Chandragupta-II Dhruvadevi4. Kumargupta-I Kuberanaga.Select the correct answer from the codes given below:1, 2 and 31, 2 and 42 and 42 and 3". Toppr Ask. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  5. ↑ Tej Ram Sharma (1989). A Political History of the Imperial Guptas: From Gupta to Skandagupta. Concept. p. 148. ISBN   978-81-7022-251-4.
  6. ↑ Keith, Arthur Berriedale (1966). A History of Sanskrit literature. Oxford University Press. pp. 76–7.


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