Articles discussing Candragupta
Was Candragupta low‑born?
Candra of the Meharauli Pillar Inscription
Govardhan Rai Sharma · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1945
“It will appear from all this that the identification of Candra of the Meharauli Pillar Inscription with Candragupta Il of the Imperial Gupta family alone accords with all the known facts of Indian history and palaeography and it involves no contradictions.”
Identification of Parvataka and Porus
Excerpts Quoted in the Nāṭyadarpaṇa from the Devīcandragupta: A Critique on Their Significance
Satyavrat Verma · Sambodhi, 2016
“The Natyadarpana has the singular distinction of preserving seven excerpts from a play called Devicandragupta, which happily combine to provide a peep into some of its salient features and contours of its contents.”
Maurya Candragupta and Mayurbhanj Rulers
Binayak Misra · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1937
“According to the version recorded in घट Sanskrit dram Afuddrdksass, Candragupta the founder of घाट Maurya dynasty, was the son of Muri, 0 Sudra woman, This Mura onigin of Maurya Candragupta was called पा question when the old [201 works were discovered.”
The Date of the First Maurya Emperor
The Home of the Mauryas
Central Asiatic Provinces of the Maurya Empire
H. C. Seth · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1937
“The empire under the first Maurya emperor Candragupta extended much beyond the Indus.”
Vaisnavism
Kunja Govinda Goswami · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1954
Sasigupta and Candragupta
H. C. Seth · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1937
“But 1] the history of the period 15 more carefully intcrprctc'd it will appear more than likely that Candragupta, if not to Persia, did ભાઠા થી) belong to the north-western India.”
The Historical Background of the Works of Kalidasa
The Kusana Invasion of India under Kumaragupta
The Kingdom of Khotan under the Mauryas
A forged Purana-text on the Imperial Guptas
Ramesh Chandra Majumdar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1944
Puṣyāmitra and the Śuṅga Empire
Ramaprasad Chanda · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1929
“After the two great Maurya emperors, Candragupta and Aéoka, Pugyamitra, the founder of the Sunga dynasty, is the only Indian ruler of the early historic period whose memory Indians of different denominations, the Brahmans, the Buddhists and the Jainas, could 1105 let die.”
On the Controversy about the Arthasastra
Kailash Chandra Ojha · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1952
The Seleucidan Emperors: their Coins and Coin-imitations in India
Surendra Kishore Chakraborty · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1935
Some Additional Notes on Foreign Elements in the Hindu Population
Prakrit in the Maurya Empire
Satya Ranjan Banerjee · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1999
“This, in short is a survey of the available literary documents at the time of the Mauryan empire which covers nearly 150 years beginning from Candragupta the Maurya (326 B.C.) down to Brhadratha (183 B.C.), the last emperor of the Maurya-kingdom.”
The Date of Subandhu
Reviews
Dinesh Chandra Bhattacharya, Batakrishna Ghosh · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1929
Nalanda Seals of Budhagupta and Visnugupta
A. Ghosh · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1943
“It will be seen that line 1 contains the names of Gupta and Ghatotkaca, the missing portions of lines 2 and 3 of Candragupta[I] and Samudragupta respectively, line 4 of Candragupta [II], line 5 of Kumiaragupta, line 6 of Pirugupta and line 8 of Budhagupta.”
The Problem of the Harsa Era
Religious Toleration in the Gupta Period
Kunja Govinda Goswami · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1937
Inscriptional Evidences Relating to the Development of Classical Sanskrit
Dineshchandra Sircar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1939
Vainyagupta Dvadasaditya
Dhirendra Chandra Ganguly · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1933
Kaumudi-Mahotsava - Its Historical Interpretation
Kailash Chandra Ojha · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1956
The Puranas on the Imperial Guptas
Dasharatha Sharma · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1954
“Devaraksita is none else but Devagupta or Candragupta दी, raksita being used here as a substicute for the more usual gupta.”
A Buddhist Inscription from Bodh‑Gaya of the Reign of Jayacandradeva
Nirad Bandhu Sanyal · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1929
“The date 325 B. C. is also arrived at by a Jaina reckoning according to which SthGlabhadra died 219 A. M,(=326 B,C.). And this incident took place simultaneously with the accession of Candragupta,”
Appointment of Ministers and High Officials in Ancient India
Kunja Govinda Goswami · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1953
On a Stanza of the Mudraraksasa
Acarya Simhanandin, King‑Maker and Pontiff
Jainism in Kanyakumari
S. Padmanabhan · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1969
The Later Mauryas in Indian History
G. S. Gai · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1961
“पीट mighty Mauryan empire ૦£ Magadha founded by Candragupta disintegrated after the death of that illustrious and saintly king Aloka (272 to 232 B.C.) and દદ the post-Asokan age 15 a datk ૦0૯ in Indian history.”
The Kaca Problem
Nalini Nath Das Gupta · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1944
The Kautiliya Arthasastra on Forms of Government
Indian Elements in Coin Devices of foreign Rulers of India
Jitendra Nath Banerjee · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1938
Agriculture
Cultural Heritage of Bengal in Relation to Jainism
Shyam Chand Mukherjee · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1989
“The illustrious disciple of the famous Jaina religious leader Bhadravahu (a contemporary and religious Guru of Candragupta Maurya), a native of Bengal born at Devikota, Godasa (who seemed to have born in east Bengal) formed a sect of his own (Godasagana) in eastern India with four sub-sections or branches, viz.”
Gommata Colossus in Sravana Belgola
S. K. Ramchandra Rao · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1974
The Missions of Jaina Sangha
Gommata Colossus in Sravana Belgola
S. K. Ramchandra Rao · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1981
Some Aspects of Jainism in Tamilnadu: An Epigraphic Assessment
A. Ekambaranathan · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1988
Excavations at Sirpur
Kautilya on Royal Authority
Kaca Problem Solved
Parmeshwari Lal Gupta · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1946
The Vakatakas and the Dasarna Country
Dineshchandra Sircar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1945
“kind. He has identified Vikrama with Candragupta | Vikramaditya and Vasundhara with Prabhavatigupta, daughter of Candragupta 11 and queen of Vakataks Rudrasena [1.”
The Puranas on the Imperial Guptas
Dhirendra Chandra Ganguly · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1945
“It is thus clear that during the reign of Candraguptal Kosala, Andhra and Kalinga® were split up into a number of independent states.”
Alexander and Alexandria in Indian Literature
Maurice Winternitz · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1936
“The substitution of the vowel ઈ for ૮ of sandros then does not seom 10 be accidental. Sandroy might have very well suggested also Sanskrit eandra “‘the moon’ and in fact the Indian monurch who con- quered the Indian provinces of the empire of the Macedonian after his departure and subsequent death bears the name of Candragupta which the Greek and Latin historiaus generally render either દ Sandracottox or some analogous form.”
Puranapravesa (1934) and “The Malavas” (1937)
Location of Krishna's Capital Dvaravati
Nalini Kanta Bhattasali · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1934
Select Contents of Oriental Journals
A new type of “b” in the Magadhan Gupta alphabet
The Kaumudimahotsava and the Date of Kalidasa
Dasharatha Sharma · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1935
“Kalididsa is therefore certainly anterior to 0. 340 A.D)., when the Kuumudimalotsava was composed 10 celebrate the ૪૩૦1૦૦૪ of Kalyinavarman over the first Gupta ruler Candragupta.”
The Dasavaikalika-Niryukti
Asvamedhas celebrated by the Kings of Kamarupa
Dineshchandra Sircar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1945
“It is thus clear that during the reign of Candraguptal Kosala, Andhra and Kalinga® were split up into a number of independent states.”
The Location of the Tchina Temple and the Original Home of the Imperial Guptas
Kautilya on Royal Authority
K. A. Nilakanta Sastri · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1953
Salihotra
Girindranath Mukherji · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1925
Kālakācārya a Chief of the Kīlaka People
Select Contents of Oriental Journals
Tāranātha's History of Buddhism
Trends of Jainism in Tamralipta: An Over‑view
Korak K. Chaudhuri, Saumyendu Chakraborty · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1993
Characteristic Features of the Sataka Form of Drama
Chintaharan Chakravarti · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1931
Jainism in Bihar
Jainism in Tamilnad
A Survey of Jaina Antiquarian Remains in West Bengal
D. K. Chakravarty · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1984
Jaina Art of Bengal
Kalyan Kumar Ganguli · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1984
“A tradition recorded in the Kathakoga written in the 9th century A.D., states that the well known Jaina saint Bhadrabahu, reputed as the spiritual guide of the Maurya emperor Candragupta, the grandfather of Asoka was born at Devikot in northern Bengal, also known as Kotivarsa, identified with modern Bangarh in West Dinajpur district.”
An Anthropological Study of the Religion of the Jains
On the Canakya-sutrani
A Note on the Word Kautalya
V. Venkatarama Sharma · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1925
Sakas and Kusanas in the I and II centuries
A. Banerji - Sastri · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1937
“The Mauryan empire founded by Candragupta about 325 B.C. came to an end ૮. 191 B.C. with the nurder of Brhadratha by Pusya-mira Suniga.”
Devices on some Tribal Coins
Jitendra Nath Banerjee · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1940