Vainyagupta

Vainyagupta
15th Gupta Ruler
Reign	c. 551 – c. 554 CE
Predecessor	Vishnugupta
Successor	Bhanugupta

Dynasty	Gupta
Father	Purugupta

Gupta Empire

320 CE–550 CE

Sri Gupta	(240–280 CE)
Ghatotkacha	(280–319 CE)
Chandragupta I	(320–335 CE)
Samudragupta	(335–375 CE)
Ramagupta
Chandragupta II	(380–413/415 CE)
Kumaragupta I	(415–455 CE)
Skandagupta	(455–? CE)
Purugupta	(467–473 CE)
Kumaragupta II	(473–476 CE)
Budhagupta	(476–495 CE)
Narasimhagupta
Kumaragupta III
Vishnugupta	(540–550 CE)
Vainyagupta
Bhanugupta

Vainyagupta (Sanskrit: वैन्यगुप्त) was one of the lesser known kings of the Gupta dynasty. He is known from the fragmentary clay sealing discovered at Nalanda and the Gunaighar copper plate inscription dated Gupta era 188 (507 CE). R. C. Majumdar considers him as son of Purugupta. In the Nalanda fragmentary clay sealing he is mentioned as the Maharajadhiraja and a paramabhagavata (devout worshipper of Vishnu), while the Gunaighar copper plate inscription mentions him as the Maharaja and a Bhagavan Mahadeva padanudhyato (devotee of Shiva).^[1]

References

↑ Agarwal, Ashvini (1989), Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, pp. 232–6, ISBN 81-208-0592-5

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