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Bhaskaravarma of Dånài and Bana : An Appraisal
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Rai K L. Barua Bahadur B.L. has taken up this topic in details in his "Early History of Kaparūpa" Chapter III.5 While determining the position of Kamarūpa in the Gupta period he has tried to establish the synchroni. stic-co-existence of the kings of Kamar Opa in the periods of various Emperors.
upyavarma gupta (Alla The Pratyo then green
He says:
"The name of the Kamparūpa king Pupyavarman was probably given aft-r the renowned Śunga King of Magadba (Pușyamitra). Similarly, we find Puşyavarman's son named Samudravarman after Samudragupta the famous Gupta Emperor who ruled from 330 to about,385 A,D, Even Samudravarman's queen bore the same name as the queen of Samudragupta. This goes to show that Samudravarma probably ruled for short time after Samudragupta whose illustrious name was then green in the memory of the people of Northern India." The Pratyanta nặpati of Kamarūpa who submitted to Samudragupta (Allahabad Inscription) was very, probably no other than Puşyavarman. Samudragupta performed the horse sacrifice but Candrágupta Vikramaditya, his son algo did the same is pretty doubtful. In the traditional accounts of Kamarapa it is however, stated that a king of the Naraka dynasty named Subābu detained the Sacrificial horso of Vikramaditya who then invaded Kāmatüpa and put Subāhu to flight. Subabu might have been the popular name of Susthitavarman and Samudragupta was the Vikramaditya referred to in the traditional account. It is quite possible that following the ancient custom Simudra Gupta in his Digvijaya prior to the Asvamedha, led his sacrificial horse and challenged all the kings to detain the horse. Those who accepted the challenge had to fight while those who wanted to avoid fight acknowledged the over-lordship of the Conqueror and allowed the horse to pass uprestricted. Puşyavarman otherwise known as Subābu having stopped the horse had to fight and being, worsted acknowledged the suzerainty of the Gupta emperor and performed abeisance.
Puşyavarman was succeeded by his son Samudragupta who was perhaps the contemporary of Capdragupta Il Vikramāditya and tho celebrated poet Kalidasa who had amply illustrated the hydrographical condition of Bengal *(Raghuvemsa IV 34-38) and even described that Aja, son of Raghu selected the king of Kamarupa as the best man in his marriage with lodumati. This king according to Rai K.L. Babador was Samudravarman. Balavarma I, the son of Samudravarma who also a powerful king who hadi maintained ties with the Kashmir King Meybavahana who married his daughter AmritPrabha by Svayamvara ceremoney which was marked with the presentation
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