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Chandravarman (4th century CE) was a king of the Pushkarana kingdom in the
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/ref>A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century, Upinder Singh, Pearson Education India, 200
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/ref> The kingdom was established shortly before the advent of the
Chandravarman (4th century CE) was a king of the Pushkarana kingdom in the Bankura
Bankura () is a city and a municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Bankura district.
Etymology
In the Mahabharata, Bankura was described as Suhmobhumi. The word or (in Nagari: rāḍh) was introduced af ...
district of West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...
.Ancient Indian History and Civilization, Sailendra Nath Sen, New Age International, 1999p.274
/ref>A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century, Upinder Singh, Pearson Education India, 200
p.477
/ref> The kingdom was established shortly before the advent of the
Gupta Empire
The Gupta Empire was an ancient Indian empire which existed from the early 4th century CE to late 6th century CE. At its zenith, from approximately 319 to 467 CE, it covered much of the Indian subcontinent. This period is considered as the Gol ...
, and was located to the west of the Samatata kingdom of eastern Bengal
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Chandravarman was the son of king Simhavarmana. He extended his kingdom to the east towards the Faridpur district.
According to the inscription on the Allahabad
Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrat ...
pillar by Gupta emperor Samudragupta, Chandravarman was defeated by Samudragupta and the area became a part of the Gupta Empire
The Gupta Empire was an ancient Indian empire which existed from the early 4th century CE to late 6th century CE. At its zenith, from approximately 319 to 467 CE, it covered much of the Indian subcontinent. This period is considered as the Gol ...
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Alternatively, the Chandravarman named in the inscription could be a ruler named on an inscription found in Mandsaur
Mandsaur is a city and a municipality in Mandsaur district located on Border of Mewar and Malwa
Malwa is a historical region of west-central India occupying a plateau of volcanic origin. Geologically, the Malwa Plateau generally refers ...
in Malwa
Malwa is a historical region of west-central India occupying a plateau of volcanic origin. Geologically, the Malwa Plateau generally refers to the volcanic upland north of the Vindhya Range. Politically and administratively, it is also syno ...
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The defeat of Chandravarman paved the way to Gupta suzerainty over Bengal
Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predom ...
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Chandra Barma, king of Malwa, invaded Mallabhoom in the fifth century A. D. s Susunia Inscriptions (discovered by N. N. Basu) and H. P. Sastri's article (in the Antiquary) ShowSamudra Gupta conquest in the fourth century A. D.
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*{{cite web , last1=Mallik , first1=Abhaya Pada , title=History of Bishunpur-Raj: An Ancient Kingdom of West Bengal , date=1921 , url=https://www.indianculture.gov.in/rarebooks/history-bishunpur-raj-ancient-kingdom-west-bengal , website=INDIAN CULTURE , publisher=Calcutta, Bankura , access-date=15 November 2006 , language=en 4th-century Indian monarchs