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| succession = 10th [[Gupta Empire|Gupta emperor]]<br />
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| reign = {{circa|473|476 CE}}<br />
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| mother = Queen [[Padmavatigupta|Padmavati]] (Padmavatigupta)<br />
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'''Kumaragupta II''' ([[Gupta script]]: <sub>[[File:Gupta allahabad ku.jpg|14px]]</sub>[[File:Gupta allahabad m.svg|12px]][[File:Gupta allahabad r.svg|12px]][[File:Gupta allahabad gu.jpg|12px]]<sub>[[File:Gupta allahabad pt.jpg|12px]]</sub> ''Ku-ma-ra-gu-pta'')<ref>{{cite book |last1=Allen |first1=John |title=Catalogue of the coins of the Gupta dynasties |date=1914 |page=[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.47214/page/n284 142] |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.47214}}</ref> '''Kramaditya''' was an emperor of the [[Gupta Empire]]. An image of [[Gautama Buddha]] at [[Sarnath]] notes that he succeeded [[Purugupta]] who was most likely his father. His mother was a beautiful princess named Padmavatigupta (alias Padmavati).<ref>{{cite book|title=Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas|last=Agarwal|first=Ashvini|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|location=Delhi|isbn=81-208-0592-5|year=1989|pages=220, 223–5}}</ref> He was succeeded by [[Budhagupta]].<ref>The Gupta Empire by Radhakumud Mookerji [https://books.google.com/books?id=uYXDB2gIYbwC&pg=PA107 p.107]</ref><br />
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Several statues of the standing Buddha, representative of [[Gupta art]], are known from the reign of Kumaragupta II, now in the [[Sarnath Museum]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds |url=https://vmis.in/ArchiveCategories/collection_gallery_zoom?id=1329&search=1&index=147669&searchstring=kumaragup |website=vmis.in |publisher=American Institute of Indian Studies}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds |url=https://vmis.in/ArchiveCategories/collection_gallery_zoom?id=1329&search=1&index=147690&searchstring=kumaragup |website=vmis.in |publisher=American Institute of Indian Studies}}</ref> <br />
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File:Buddha, standing under umbrella, inscribed Gift of Abhayamira in 154 GE 474 CE in the reign of Kumaragupta II.jpg|Buddha, standing under a ''[[Chatra (umbrella)|chatra]]'' umbrella, inscribed: "Gift of Abhayamira in 154 GE" (474 CE) in the reign of Kumaragupta II. [[Sarnath Museum]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds |url=https://vmis.in/ArchiveCategories/collection_gallery_zoom?id=1329&search=1&index=147669&searchstring=kumaragup |website=vmis.in |publisher=American Institute of Indian Studies}}</ref><br />
File:Buddha, standing, inscribed Gift of Abhayamira in 154 GE 474 CE in the reign of Kumaragupta II Sarnath Museum.jpg|Buddha, standing, inscribed: "Gift of Abhayamira in 154 GE" 474 CE in the reign of Kumaragupta II. Sarnath Museum.<ref>{{cite web |title=Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds |url=https://vmis.in/ArchiveCategories/collection_gallery_zoom?id=1329&search=1&index=147690&searchstring=kumaragup |website=vmis.in |publisher=American Institute of Indian Studies}}</ref><br />
File:Buddha inscription of Kumaragupta in Gupta Era 154.jpg|Inscription of the Buddha statue dated in Gupta Era 154 in the reign of Kumaragupta, with English translation.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sahni |first1=Daya Ram |title=Annual Report Of The Archaeological Survey Of India 1914-15 |date=1920 |page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35506/page/n252 124] inscription XV |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35506}}</ref><br />
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