Editing Chandragupta II (section)

== Early life ==

Chandragupta was a son of [[Samudragupta]] and queen [[Dattadevi]], as attested by his own inscriptions.{{sfn|Tej Ram Sharma|1989|p=148}} According to the official Gupta genealogy, Chandragupta succeeded his father on the Gupta throne. The Sanskrit play ''[[Devichandraguptam]]'', combined with other evidence suggests that he had an elder brother named [[Ramagupta]], who preceded him on the throne. In the play, Ramagupta decides to surrender his queen [[Dhruvadevi]] to a [[Indo-Scythians|Shaka]] enemy when besieged, but Chandragupta goes to the enemy camp disguised as the queen and kills the enemy. Sometime later, Chandragupta dethrones Ramagupta, and becomes the new king.{{sfn|Upinder Singh|2008|p=479}} The historicity of this narrative is debated among modern historians, with some believing it to be based on true historical events, while others dismissing it as a work of fiction.{{sfn|D. C. Sircar|1969|p=139}}{{sfn|R. C. Majumdar|1981|p=51}}