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Samudragupta Military Campaigns

3 articles on Samudragupta Military Campaigns from The Indian Historical Quarterly, published 1949–1961. Each entry has a summary of the article; open it for the full summary, citation and original PDF.

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The Indian Historical Quarterly · 3

Articles on Samudragupta Military Campaigns

  1. King Mahendra of Allahabad Prasasti

    By P. L. Mishra · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1961

    King Mahendra of Allahabad Prasasti investigates the identity of ‘Mahendra’ mentioned among the southern rulers defeated by Samudragupta in the Allahabad Pillar inscription. P. L. Misra surveys archaeological and numismatic evidence to argue that this ruler…

  2. The Kusana Invasion of India under Kumaragupta

    By Buddha Prakash · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1954

    Buddha Prakash examines whether the Kusānas, tribal rulers of the north‑western frontier, invaded the Gupta empire during the reign of Kumaragupta I. The Kusānas were a constant menace to the fertile Gangetic plains, yet Chinese records show that by the late…

  3. Aryavarta

    By Sashi Bhusan Chaudhuri · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1949

    The article analyses the historical concept of Aryavarta—the ‘Aryan land’—and its shifting boundaries. Drawing on Vedic texts, inscriptions and lexicographical works, the author explains that Aryavarta originally referred to the territory between the…