Editing Chandragupta II (section)

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| footer=The name "Chandra" on a coin of Chandragupta II (left), and on the [[Iron Pillar of Delhi]] (right). [[Gupta script]]: letter ''"Cha"'' [[File:Gupta allahabad c.svg|12px]], followed by the [[conjunct consonant]] ''"ndra"'' <sub>[[File:Gupta allahabad ndr.jpg|14px]]</sub> formed of the vertical combination of the three letters ''n'' [[File:Gupta allahabad n.svg|14px]] ''d'' [[File:Gupta allahabad d.svg|14px]] and ''r'' [[File:Gupta ashoka r.svg|14px]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bandela |first1=Prasanna Rao |title=Coin Splendour: A Journey Into the Past |date=2003 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |isbn=9788170174271 |page=11 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_mUg2BBJr7kC&pg=PA11 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=JA>{{cite book |last1=Allen |first1=John |title=Catalogue of the coins of the Gupta dynasties |date=1914 |page=[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.47214/page/n166 24] |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.47214}}</ref>
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[[File:Chandragupta name on coinage.jpg|thumb|290px|The full name "Chandragupta" in Gupta script ([[Gupta script]]: [[File:Gupta allahabad c.svg|10px]]<sub>[[File:Gupta allahabad ndr.jpg|14px]]</sub>[[File:Gupta allahabad gu.jpg|14px]]<sub>[[File:Gupta allahabad pt.jpg|12px]]</sub>) ''Cha-ndra-gu-pta'', on coinage.<ref name=JA/>]]
Chandragupta II was the second ruler of the dynasty to bear the name "Chandragupta", the first being his grandfather [[Chandragupta I]]. He was also simply known as "Chandra", as attested by his coins.{{sfn|Upinder Singh|2008|p=480}} The Sanchi inscription of his officer [[Amrakarddava|Amrakardava]] states that he was also known as Deva-raja. The records of his daughter [[Prabhavatigupta]], issued as a [[Vakataka]] queen, call him Chandragupta as well as Deva-gupta.{{sfn|R. C. Majumdar|1981|p=63}} Deva-shri ([[IAST]]: Devaśri) is another variation of this name.{{sfn|Tej Ram Sharma|1989|p=148}} The [[Delhi iron pillar]] inscription states that king Chandra was also known as "Dhava": if this king Chandra is identified with Chandragupta ([[#Other military victories|see below]]), it appears that "Dhava" was another name for the king. Another possibility is that "dhava" is a mistake for a common noun "bhava", although this is unlikely, as the rest of the inscription does not contain any errors.{{sfn|R. C. Majumdar|1981|pp=63–64}}

A passage in the ''[[Vishnu Purana]]'' suggests that major parts of the eastern coast of India – [[Kosala]], [[Odra kingdom|Odra]], [[Tamralipta]], and [[Puri]] – were ruled by the Devarakshitas around the same time as the Guptas. Since it seems unlikely that an obscure dynasty named Devarakshita was powerful enough to control substantial territory during the Gupta period, some scholars, such as [[Dasharatha Sharma]], theorize that "Deva-rakshita" ([[IAST]]: Devarakṣita) was another name for Chandragupta II. Others, such as D. K. Ganguly, oppose this theory, arguing that this identification is quite arbitrary, and cannot be explained satisfactorily.{{sfn|Dilip Kumar Ganguly|1987|pp=5–6}}

Chandragupta assumed the titles ''Bhattaraka'' and ''Maharajadhiraja'', and bore the epithet ''Apratiratha'' ("having no equal or antagonist"). The [[Supiya]] stone pillar inscription, issued during the reign of his descendant [[Skandagupta]], also calls him "Vikramaditya".{{sfn|Tej Ram Sharma|1989|p=148}} Some other notable titles such as ''Lord of the Three Oceans'' and ''[[Rishi|Ascetic King]]'' ("King of the Brahmins") are also accoladed to Chandragupta II.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bakker |first=Hans T. |date=2019 |title=Holy Ground: Where Art and Text Meet |url=https://www.academia.edu/41347365/_ERC_Holy_Ground_Where_Art_and_Text_Meet_Studies_in_the_Cultural_History_of_India |journal=Holy Ground: Where Art and Text Meet |pages=138}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mRBuAAAAMAAJ |title=A Comprehensive History of India: pt. 1. A.D. 300-985 |date=1981 |publisher=People's Publishing House |pages=52 |language=en}}</ref>