318 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVII, 
The name of the Gupta Emperor in the Damodarpur 
plate of A.D. 533-34 is unfortunately lost. 
The Aphsad inscription of Aditya Séna however discloses 
the names of a number of Gupta kings, the fourth of whom, 
\.D. 
approximate date of Kumara Gupta II). It is probable that 
one of these kings is identical with the Gupta emperor men- 
tioned in the Damodarpur plate of A.D. 533-34. The absence 
of high-sounding titles like Maharajadhiraja or Paramabhatta- 
raka in the glokas of the Aphsad inscription does not 
necessarily prove that the kings mentioned there were petty 
chiefs. No such titles are attached to the name of Kumara 
Gupta in the Mandasor inscription of A.D. 473-74, or to the 
name of Budha Gupta in the Eran inscription of A.D. 484-85. 
On the other hand even the queen of Madhava Gupta, the 
subordinate ally of Harsha, is called Paramabhattarika and 
Mahadevi in the Dé Baranark inscription of Jivita Gupta II. 
garding Krishna Gupta we know very little. The 
Aphsad inscription describes him as a hero whose arm played 
the part of a lion, in bruising the foreheads of the array of 
the rutting elephants of (his) haughty enemy (and) in being 
victorious by (its) prowess over countless  foes.* he 
“ driptarati’” (haughty enemy) against whom he had to fight 
may have been Yasodharman. 
he next king, Harsha Gupta, had to engage in “‘ terrible 
contests” with those who were “averse to the abode of the 
goddess of fortune being with (him, her) own lord.” ® There 
were ‘‘ wounds from many weapons ”’ on his chest. e names 
of the enemies who tried to deprive him of his rightful posses- 
sions are not given. 
larsha’s son, Jivita Gupta I, probably succeeded in re- 
establishing the power of his family. He is described as the 
crest jewel of kings (Kshitisa-Chudamani). “ The very terrible 
y 1 Hirfnanda Sastri, Haraha Inscription of Iéanavarman, Ep. Ind., 
xiv, p. 110 et seq. 
2 Fleet, C.1.1., p. 204. 8 Op. cit., p. 215. 
+ Op. cit., p. 202. 5 Op. cit., p. 205. 
