NARASIMHA BALADITYA GUPTA (Approximately between 468-473 AD)
It's difficult to date the reign of Narasimha Baladitya. He was the son of Purugupta. Puragutpa is known to have used the title SriVikrama on some of his coins. Hiuen Tsiang, the famous Chinese Pilgrim who toured India during the 6th Century left behind a detailed narrative of this travels in India.
In this narrative, he refers to a King by the name of TathagataGupta-raja who is also referred to as King Vikramaditya by him. He describes how King Vikramaditya became a patron of Buddha and sent his wife and Son - Baladitya - to study with Vasubandhu, the great buddhist scholar. NarasimhaGupta was the son of Puragupta, nephew of King Skandagupta. Hence, Puragupta is the same as TathagataGupta raja referred to by Hiuen Tsiang, who goes on to describe the King as a major patron of Buddhism, following in the footsteps of his father and responsible for a major expansion of the Colleges at University of Nalanda.
