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Re: Aryan Invasion myth [Re: venky] #12926 - 03/04/02 10:12 AM Edit Reply Quote

About the Guptas The Imperial Guptas ruled from 329-82 BC. The names of Xandrames and Sandrocottos/Sandrogyptus tally with Chandramas Gupta and Samudra Gupta, but also de deeds Samudra and the so called Ashoka. The Imperial Guptas are descended from the barber (possibly Karaskaras-the later Kakkar, who lived from Panjab/Multan towards Sind and Baluchistan), Ghatotkacha Gupta. The names of this dynasty are these: Chandra Gupta Samudra Gupta Chandra Gupta II Vikramaditya (who succeeded his weak brother Rama Gupta->Shaka episode) Kumara Gupta I Skanda Gupta Puru Gupta Budha Gupta Narasimha Gupta Kumara Gupta II = Vainya Gupta? Vishnu Gupta = Bhanu Gupta? The Guptas of the second period ruled after the fall of the Kushanas (whose power was paralyzed by the Sassanian Arya of Persia), supremely from ca. 320-570 AD, and their power declined after ca. 570 AD: Krishna Gupta Harsha Gupta Jivita Gupta I Kumara Gupta I Damodara Gupta Mahasena Gupta Madhava Gupta Kumara Gupta II Adityasena Deva Gupta Vishnu Gupta contemporary of Harsha and Pulakeshin Jivita Gupta II The confusion is understandable because of duplicate names. Moreover when the Guptas speak of foreigners as invaders, we have to be very cautious about which ones related to which Gupta or other Indian power. We have also to take into account what other power is present in the neighbourhood of the subcontinent, like the Sassanian and Kushana kings in AD and the Shakas in BC. The Chinese mention the movements of the tribes of Yueh Chih (Kushana) which tallies with AD chronolgy.