Dattadevi

Dattadevi

Dattadevi

Chief queen of Samundragupta

Dattadevi was the wife of Gupta King Samudragupta.[3][4] She was the mother of Samudragupta's son and successor Chandragupta II,[5] She was most probably married to Samudragupta during his educational career.[2] Harisena, Samudragupta's court poet and close friend, played an important role in the marriage of Samudragupta to Dattadevi.[6] She is described as a "virtuous and faithful wife" in an Eran inscription.[1] She hailed from the Abhira tribe.[7]

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    Indian History. Allied Publishers. 1988. ISBN 978-81-8424-568-4.
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    Gopal, Lallanji (1969). Samudragupta. National Book Trust, India.
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    "Dattādevī". hindupedia.com/. hindupedia.com. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
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    "kings-queens1-chandraguptai-kumaradevi2-samudragupta-dattadevi3-chandraguptaii-dhruvadevi4-kumarguptai-kuberanagaselect-the-correct-answer-from-the/". toppr.com. www.toppr.com. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
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    Tej Ram Sharma (1989). A Political History of the Imperial Guptas: From Gupta to Skandagupta. Concept. p. 148. ISBN 978-81-7022-251-4.
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    Keith, Arthur Berriedale (1966). A History of Sanskrit literature. Oxford University Press. pp. 76–7.
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    Chakraberty, Chandra (1948). The Prehistory of India: Tribal Migrations. Vijayakrishna Bros.


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