Chandragupta Gupta

My interest in Chandragupta Gupta began when I read "Bharatiya Itihasaatil Saat Soneri Pane" by SwatantryaVeer Vi. Daa. Sawarkar.
Chandragupta took the title Vikramaditya. He cam to the throne when his elder brother Ramgupta offered his wife Dhruvdevi to invader Shaka king and Chandragupta rescued her. Poeple sided with Chandragupta and it is said that Ramgupta was killed by Chandragupta.
This, in short, is Chandragupta Gupta's story.

But there are some considerations that go beyond a little piece of history.
Why is Chandragupta Gupta so interesting ?
There were 3 Chandragupta's in Indian history who rank amongst the visionaries for United India. These are Chnadragupta Maurya ( who is more famous because of his said association with Alexander, the Macedonian king) ; Chandragupta 1, from whom the Gupta dynasty came to focus and Chandragupta Gupta who was the true Vikramaditya - whose rays of bravery fell on whole Indian subcontinent.
Here is a link for some considertion about Chandragupta's times - http://www.geocities.com/narenp/history/info/epilogue.htm.

Here is a link from Wikipedia about Chandragupta II -
Chandragupta II.

The coins issued during the Gupta Dynasty - very interesting to note the evolution of coins.
Gupta Coins.

Does the iron pillar in Delhi belongs to the Gupta dynasty and specifically during the Chandragupta II'e reign. No one knows, but here it is standing in its place and observing the events for last 1700 years.

Here is a research paper that propeses a data for the iron pillar and provides strong reasons for the proposal. This also shows that the science and arts during Chandragupta's period ( and Gupta dynasty's as a whole ) were in growth phase.

The subject of Chandragupta Vikramaditya is an interesting one. There is lot of literature and references available about Chandragupta, his life and times.

I will add to my knowledge more about Chandragupta and Indian history in future.

- Shekhar Kale