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Also Known As Chandragupta I • Candra Gupta I
Title / Office king (320-330), Magadha
Founder Gupta dynasty
House / Dynasty Gupta dynasty
Notable Family Members son Samudra Gupta
Chandragupta
Chandragupta
emperor of India
Chanakya
Indian statesman and philosopher
Pillar commemorating Ashoka at Vaishali
Ashoka
emperor of India
Samudra Gupta
Samudra Gupta
emperor of India
Chandragupta II
emperor of India
Bindusara
Mauryan emperor
Ruins of the jail where Bimbisara was murdered by his son Ajatashatru in Rajagriha, Bihar, India.
Bimbisara
king of Magadha
Amoghavajra
Buddhist monk
Sayyid Husain Bilgrami
Indian political leader
Dayal Das
Indian religious leader
Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar
Indian scholar
Govinda Das
Bengali poet
Lakshminath Bezbarua
Indian writer
N. V. Banerjee
Indian philosopher
Antal
Indian poet
Candidus
Greek theologian
Balak Singh
Indian religious leader
Kalidas Bhattacharyya
Indian philosopher [1911–1984]
Devika Rani
Indian actress
Ashok Kumar
Indian actor

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