1921.] Gupta Empire in Sixth and Seventh Cents. A.D. 323 
_ We learn from the Dé6-Baranark inscription’ that 
Adityaséna was succeeded by his son Deva Gupta (ITI) who in 
his turn was succeeded by his son Vishnu Gupta who is probably 
identical with Vishnu Gupta Chandraditya® of the coins. 
The last king was Jivita Gupta II. All these kings continued 
The Gupta empire was probably finally destroyed by the 
Gaudas who could never forgive Madhava Gupta’s desertion of 
the throne of Magadha.* 
Petty Gupta dynasties, apparently connected with the 
imperial line, ruled in the Kanarese districts during the twelfth 
and the thirteenth centuries, and are frequently mentioned in 
inscriptions.* Evidence of an earlier connection of the Guptas 
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1 Fleet, C.1.I., pp. 215-16. 
2 All CG ‘ he coins of the Gupta Dynasties, p. 145. 
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6 J ST Dawa, Ancient History of the Dekkan, p. 76. : 
1 . Gaz., Vol. I, part If, pp. 578-80. Sir R.G. Bhandarkar, ‘‘A 
peep into the Early History of India,” p. 60. I owe this reference to Prof. 
Bhandarkar. 
