Question

Kings	Queens
1. Chandragupta-I	Kumaradevi
2. Samudragupta	Dattadevi
3. Chandragupta-II	Dhruvadevi
4. Kumargupta-I	Kuberanaga

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Codes: 

(a) 1, 2 and 4 

(b) 2 and 3 

(c) 1, 2 and 3 

(d) 2 and 4

Answer 1

(c) The correctly matched pairs are: 

Chandragupta-I Kumaradevi 

Samudragupta Dattadevi 

Chandragupta-II Dhruvadevi

In a breakthrough deal, Chandragupta was married to Kumaradevi, a Lichchhavi princess the main power in Magadha. With a dowry of the kingdom of Magadha (capital Pataliputra) and an alliance with the Lichchhavis. Samudragupta’s chief queen was named Dattadevi; and he seems to have had a number of sons by her and others; for we are told that he specially chose one of them, the later Chandragupta II, to succeed him. This seems to indicate that this prince was not the eldest son. Unfortunately, we have no details. Dhruvadevi was a queen of the Gupta dynasty. She reigned as the wife of Chandragupta II (380–415 AD) and mother of Kumaragupta (415–455 AD). Previously she had been married to Chandragupta’s brother Ramagupta. She was a great patron of poets and gave shelter to many scholars in the Gupta court. Famed for her beauty and intellect, she was first married to the weak and cowardly son of Samudragupta, Ramagupta. Sometime later the mighty Shaka demanded of the Guptas that they hand over Dhruvadevi as a condition for peace.