Kumaragupta II (

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notes that he succeeded

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who was most likely his father. He was succeeded by

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. Several statues of the standing Buddha, representative of

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, are known from the reign of Kumaragupta II, now in the

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'' umbrella, inscribed: "Gift of Abhayamira in 154 GE" (474 CE) in the reign of Kumaragupta II.

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