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[[File:South Asia historical AD375 EN.svg|thumb|300px|The Gupta Empire near the end of Samudragupta's reign, in 375 CE. The Pushkarana kingdom was located to the west of the [[Samatata]] kingdom.]]<br />
'''Chandravarman''' (4th century CE) was a king of the [[Pushkarana]] kingdom in the [[Bankura]] district of [[West Bengal]].<ref name="Sen">Ancient Indian History and Civilization, Sailendra Nath Sen, New Age International, 1999, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC&pg=PA274 p.274]</ref><ref name="Singh">A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century, Upinder Singh, Pearson Education India, 2008 [https://books.google.com/books?id=H3lUIIYxWkEC&pg=PA477 p.477]</ref> The kingdom was established shortly before the advent of the [[Gupta Empire]], and was located to the west of the [[Samatata]] kingdom of eastern [[Bengal]].<ref name="Sen"/> <br />
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Chandravarman was the son of king [[Simhavarmana]]. He extended his kingdom to the east towards the [[Faridpur district]].<ref name="Sen"/><br />
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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]]:<ref name="Sen"/><br />
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{{quote|"(L. 21.)- ([[Samudragupta]],) who abounded in majesty that had been increased by violently exterminating Rudradeva, Matila, Nāgadatta, Chandravarman, Ganapatināga, Nāgasena, Achyutanandin, Balavarman, and many other kings of (the land of) [[Āryāvarta]]; -who made all the kings of the "forest countries" to become (his) servants."|[[Allahabad pillar#Samudragupta inscriptions|Allahabad pillar Samudragupta inscription]]}}<br />
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Alternatively, the Chandravarman named in the inscription could be a ruler named on an inscription found in [[Mandsaur]] in [[Malwa]].<ref name="Singh"/><br />
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The defeat of Chandravarman paved the way to Gupta suzerainty over [[Bengal]].<ref name="Sen"/> <br />
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