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| succession = 13th [[Gupta Empire|Gupta emperor]]<br />
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| reign = {{circa|530|540 CE}}<br />
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| predecessor = [[Narasimhagupta]]<br />
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'''Kumaragupta III''' ([[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'') was a later [[Gupta Empire|Gupta Emperor]]. He succeeded his father [[Narasimhagupta Baladitya|Narasimhagupta]] in about 530 CE.<br />
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His silver-copper seal was discovered in [[Bhitari]] ([[Ghazipur district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]) in 1889, which mentions the names of his father Narasimhagupta and grandfather [[Purugupta]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Kumaragupta-III-of-the-Gupta-Empire/6000000033941223932|title=Kumaragupta-III-of-the-Gupta-Empire}}</ref><ref>Bhitari Inscribed Copper-Silver Seal of Kumaragupta III - Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta. LVIII, p. 89</ref> A clay sealing of him was discovered from [[Nalanda]], which also mentioned about his father and grandfather.<br />
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Nalanda clay seal of Kumaragupta III mentions Purugupta as [[Kumaragupta I|Kumaragupta I's]] son from his queen Anantadevi.<br />
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The [[Gupta Empire]] declined during his rule and the later kings. He was succeeded by his son [[Vishnugupta (Gupta Empire)|Vishnugupta]].<br />
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File:Bhitari copper-silver seal of Kumaragupta III.jpg|Bhitari copper-silver seal of Kumaragupta III.<br />
File:Nalanda clay seal of Vishnugupta.jpg|The [[Nalanda]] clay seal of [[Vishnugupta (Gupta Empire)|Vishnugupta]] states that Vishnugupta was son of Kumaragupta, and grandson of [[Purugupta]].<ref>Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.3 (inscriptions Of The Early Gupta Kings) [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108395 p.364]</ref><br />
File:Nalanda clay seal of Kumaragupta III.jpg|Nalanda clay seals of Kumaragupta III.<ref>Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.3 (inscriptions Of The Early Gupta Kings) [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108395 p.355]</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
*http://www.gloriousindia.com/profiles/Kumaragupta_III<br />
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