Editing Chandragupta II (section)

== Administration ==
[[File:Bodh Gaya Bodhisattva inscribed Gupta Year 64, ie 385 CE.jpg|thumb|One of the earliest dated [[Gupta art|Gupta statues]], a [[Bodhisattva]] derived from the [[Kushan Empire|Kushan]] style of [[Mathura art]], inscribed "year 64" of the [[Gupta era]], 384 CE, [[Bodh Gaya]].<ref name="JHR223">{{cite journal |last1=Rhi |first1=Ju-Hyung |title=From Bodhisattva to Buddha: The Beginning of Iconic Representation in Buddhist Art |journal=Artibus Asiae |year=1994 |volume=54 |issue=3/4 |pages=223 |doi=10.2307/3250056 |issn=0004-3648|jstor=3250056 }}</ref>]]
Several feudatories of Chandragupta are known from historical records:
* [[Śakanika Maharaja (feudatory of Gupta Dynasty)|''Maharaja'' Sanakanika]], a feudatory known from the Udayagiri inscription that records his construction of a Vaishnava temple.{{sfn|R. C. Majumdar|1981|p=53}}
* ''Maharaja'' Trikamala, a feudatory known from a [[Gaya, India|Gaya]] inscription engraved on a [[Bodhisattva]] image{{sfn|R. C. Majumdar|1981|p=62}}
* ''Maharaja'' Shri Vishvamitra Svami, a feudatory known from a seal found at [[Vidisha]]{{sfn|R. C. Majumdar|1981|p=62}}
* ''Maharaja'' Svamidasa, the [[Maharajas of Valkha|ruler of Valkha]], was also probably a Gupta feudatory if we assume that his inscription is dated in the [[Gupta era|Gupta calendar era]]; according to another theory, his inscription is dated in the [[Kalachuris of Mahishmati|Kalachuri calendar era]].{{sfn|R. C. Majumdar|1981|p=62}}

The following ministers and officers of Chandragupta are known from various historical records:
* [[Virasena Saba|Vira-sena]], foreign minister, known from the Udayagiri inscription recording his construction of a Shiva temple{{sfn|R. C. Majumdar|1981|p=52}}
* [[Amrakarddava|Amrakardava]], a military officer, known from the Sanchi inscription recording his donations to the local Buddhist monastery{{sfn|R. C. Majumdar|1981|p=53}}
* Shikhara-svami, a minister; according to historian [[K. P. Jayaswal]]'s theory, he was the author of the political treatise ''Kamandakiya Niti''{{sfn|R. C. Majumdar|1981|p=62}}