Ramagupta

Who is Ramagupta?

Ramagupta was the elder son and immediate successor of Samudragupta and succeeded by is younger brother Chandragupta II. Initially, he was known from the traditional narratives only. But later, three inscriptions on Jaina tirthankara images were discovered from Durjanpur near Vidisha, which mention him as the Maharajadhiraja. He married his brother's fiancée by force and was going to hand her over to Rudrasimha 4 after suffering a defeat by his hands.Chandragupta 2 went in Dhruvaswamini's place and killed Rudrasimha 4 and later killed Ramagupta . A large number of his copper coins also have been discovered from Eran-Vidisha region.