Gupta (king)

Gupta
Maharaja Shri
Mahārāja Shrī Gupta ("Great King, Lord Gupta") in Gupta script on the Allahabad pillar inscription of Samudragupta, where Samudragupta presents king Gupta as his great-grandfather.[1]
Gupta King
Reign	c. late 3rd century
Successor	Ghatotkacha
Issue	Ghatotkacha
Dynasty	Gupta

Gupta Empire 320 CE–550 CE
Gupta (c. late 3rd century) Ghatotkacha (c. late 3rd century - 319) Chandragupta I (c. 319 – 335/350) Kacha (early 4th century?) Samudragupta (c. 335/350 – 375) (Ramagupta) (late 4th century?) Chandragupta II (380 – 413/415) Kumaragupta I (415 – 455) Skandagupta (455 - 467) Purugupta (467 – 473) Kumaragupta II (473 - 476) Budhagupta (476 – 495) Narasimhagupta (495 – ?) (Bhanugupta) (c. 510) Vainyagupta (c. 507) Kumaragupta III (c. 530) Vishnugupta (540 – 550)
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Gupta (Gupta script: Gu-pta, fl. late 3rd century CE) was the founder of the Gupta dynasty of northern India. He is identified with king Che-li-ki-to (believed to be the Chinese transcription of "Shri-Gupta"), who, according to the 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk Yijing, built a temple near Mi-li-kia-si-kia-po-no (Mṛgaśikhāvana) for Chinese pilgrims. This temple was located somewhere in eastern India: based on the identification of its location, modern scholars variously locate Gupta's territory in present-day eastern Uttar Pradesh or Bengal region.