Indian Rulers
Kumaragupta I
Mahendraditya
Kumaragupta I was an Indian emperor active in the 5th c. AD during the Gupta period from the state of Gupta. Died of natural causes.
Historical Note
Reigned forty years over an empire still at its zenith. Founded Nalanda — the first great Indian monastic university — which would draw students from China and Korea for the next 700 years. The Hunas crossed the Hindu Kush in his last year.