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The Gupta conquests of Bengal commenced with the initial conquest of Bengal by the Indian Emperor Samudragupta who defeated its kings, which resulted in gaining a large part of Bengal. Then the other Kings submitted to the Emperor of the Gupta Empire. Later on, his son (Chandragupta II) also confronted and had put an end to the confederacy of rebel rulers of Bengal, he re-conquered and added it to the Gupta Empire.

Background

After Samudragupta's campaigns against the Pallavas,Шаблон:Sfnp Nagas and Vakatakas, he focused his attention on the southern-eastern part of the Ganges basin (Bengal).Шаблон:Sfnp This region of Bengal includes the port of Tamarilipti, which was situated at the Deltaic region.Шаблон:Sfnp

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Coin of Samudragupta, with Garuda pillar, emblem of Gupta Empire. The name Файл:Gupta ashoka s.svgФайл:Gupta ashoka mu.jpgФайл:Gupta ashoka ddrr.jpg Sa-mu-dra in an early version of the Gupta Brahmi script, appears vertically under the left arm of the king.Шаблон:Sfnp

Samudragupta's conquest of Bengal

According to the inscription on the Allahabad Pillar by Gupta emperor Samudragupta, Chandravarman was defeated by Samudragupta and the area became a part of the Gupta Empire:Шаблон:Sfnp

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Samudragupta violently exterminated Nagadhatta, Chandravarman and Balavarman.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp Samudragupta's authority over Bengal is unquestionable.Шаблон:Sfnp

Extermination of Nagadhatta

Шаблон:Importance section While the contemporary rulers such as the Chinese, Kushans and Iranians were trying to control certain trade routes, undoubtedly Samudragupta had economic interests for his Empire when he violently killed Nagadhatta (according to Sircar he was probably the ruler of Pundravardhana region of north Bengal).Шаблон:Sfnp

Samudragupta's conflict with Chandravarman

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Text of the Allahabad stone pillar inscription of Samudragupta, in the Brahmi script.

Samudragupta and Gupta forces overran most of Bengal and erected victory pillars in Vanga.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp Samudragupta's victory over Chandravarman resulted in gaining large parts of Bengal.Шаблон:Sfnp

Submissions of Samatata, Davaka and Kamarupa

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The name "Samataṭa" (Файл:Gupta allahabad ss.svgФайл:Gupta allahabad m.svgФайл:Gupta allahabad t.svgФайл:Gupta allahabad tt.svg) in later Brahmi script, in the Allahabad Pillar inscription of Samudragupta (350-375 CE).[1]
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"Davaka" (Brahmi script: Файл:Gupta allahabad dd.svgФайл:Gupta allahabad v.svgФайл:Gupta allahabad k.svg) in the Allahabad Pillar inscription
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The name "Kāmarūpa" in later Brahmi script, in the Allahabad Pillar inscription of Samudragupta (350-375 CE).[2]

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The Kings of Samatata, Davaka and Kamarupa paid tribute and homage to the Emperor SamudraguptaШаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp Samatata, Davaka and Kamarupa became frontier states of Samudragupta's Empire. It is an indubitable fact that Samudragupta succeeded in bringing the greater part of Bengal in his control, for, we know Samataṭa (S.E. Bengal), Ḍavāka (in now in the Nowgong district of Assam) and Kāmarūpa (Upper Assam) were the frontier states of his empire.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp

Submission of Pushyavarman

Pushyavarman submitted to the Gupta Emperor. As a matter of fact, Pushyavarman named his son and daughter in law after the great Samudragupta, which could mean that he was contemporary to Samudragupta. He then also became the partison of Samudragupta.Шаблон:Sfnp

Chandragupta II's conquest of Bengal and aftermath

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An 8 gram gold coin featuring Chandragupta II astride a caparisoned horse with a bow in his left hand. The name Cha-gu-pta appears in the upper left quadrant.[3]

The Guptas are known to have ruled Bengal in the early 6th century, although there are no surviving records of the Gupta presence in this region for the intervening period.Шаблон:Sfnp

Chandragupta II may have re-established Gupta rule in Bengal (Vanga) after the discomforts of the confederacy of the local rulers of BengalШаблон:Sfnp or he may have conquered Bengal.Шаблон:Sfnp It is also possible that a large part of the Bengal region was annexed to the Gupta Empire by Chandragupta II, and that this control continued into the 6th century.Шаблон:Sfn According to the Meharauli inscription, he was victorious against the Vanga country (including territories of West Bengal and Bangladesh).Шаблон:Sfnp

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The inscription of Chandragupta II

The iron pillar of Delhi inscription suggests that an alliance of semi-independent chiefs of Bengal unsuccessfully resisted Chandragupta II who attempts to extend the Gupta Empire's influence in this region.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfnp He successfully quelled the revolt of the allied chiefs of Bengal and brought them under his sway.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp

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