11 Facts About Prabhavatigupta

Prabhavatigupta was the daughter of Chandragupta II, the ruler of the Gupta Empire, and queen Kuberanaga.

Prabhavatigupta married Rudrasena II of the Vakataka dynasty during the reign of Rudrasena's father, Prithivishena I Rudrasena had a short reign of only about five years before he died.

Divakarasena, the eldest son of Rudrasena and Prabhavatigupta, was the Yuvaraja or Crown Prince of the Vakataka kingdom.

Since he was still a child, Prabhavatigupta assumed the reigns of government and ruled in his name.

We know that Prabhavatigupta ruled for at least 13 years as a regent because her Pune grant is dated to the thirteenth year of her own rule, where she calls herself "Mother of the Yuvaraja Divakarasena".

Prabhavatigupta's inscriptions provide her own Gupta genealogy and emphasize her own natal connections.

Prabhavatigupta's gotra is given as Dharana, which was the gotra of her father, rather than the Vishnuvriddha gotra of the Vakataka dynasty.

Prabhavatigupta remained active in public life for a few decades after the end of her regency.

Prabhavatigupta was still alive four years later, when Pravarasena II made a grant for the spiritual welfare of both himself and his mother in this life and the next.

Prabhavatigupta seems to have concerned herself deeply with religious matters.

Prabhavatigupta is described as a devotee of Bhagavat, and she issued a charter from the feet of her tutelary deity Ramagirisvamin, identified with the deity at Ramtek near Nagpur.