Later Gupta dynasty of Magadha

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The Later Gupta dynasty of Magadha was a post-Gupta royal line that ruled parts of eastern India, particularly Magadha, during the early medieval period following the decline of the classical Gupta Empire.

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instanceOf Indian dynasty
post-Gupta polity
royal dynasty
capital Pataliputra
chronologicalPosition between Gupta Empire and Pala Empire
conflictWith Gauda rulers of Bengal
Maukharis
coreTerritory Magadha region
linked to: Magadha
country India
culturalContinuityWith Gupta Empire
currency copper coins
gold coins
dynasticHouse Gupta lineage
linked to: Gupta family
endTime 7th century
era early medieval India
ethnicGroup Indo-Aryan peoples
follows classical Gupta Empire
linked to: Gupta Empire
governmentForm monarchy
historicalSource copper-plate grants
inscriptions
stone inscriptions
knownFor continuation of Gupta cultural traditions
regional rule after Gupta imperial decline
language Sanskrit
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Bihar
mainReligionOfRulers Shaivism
Vaishnavism
namedAfter Gupta family
notableRuler Adityasena
Devagupta
Harshagupta
linked to: Krishnagupta

Jivitagupta I
linked to: Krishnagupta

Jivitagupta II
linked to: Krishnagupta

Krishnagupta
Kumaragupta III
Madhavagupta
politicalStatus regional kingdom
successor state of the Gupta Empire
predecessor Gupta Empire
region Magadha
eastern India
religion Hinduism
religiousPolicy patronage of Brahmanical Hinduism
startTime 6th century
successor Pala Empire
territorialExtent parts of present-day Bengal
parts of present-day Bihar
titleOfRuler Maharajadhiraja
writingSystem Brahmi script

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Gupta Empire successorState Later Gupta dynasty of Magadha