Ghatotkacha (king)

Ghatotkacha
Maharaja
Shri
Mahārāja Shrī Ghatotkacha inscription in Gupta script, on the Allahabad pillar inscription of Samudragupta.
Gupta King
Reignc. 280 CE – 319 CE
PredecessorGupta
SuccessorChandragupta I
Diedc. 319 CE
IssueChandragupta I
DynastyGupta
FatherGupta

Ghatotkacha (Gupta script: Gha-to-tka-cha, IAST: Ghaṭotkaca, r. c. late 3rd century - early 4th century) was a pre-imperial Gupta king of northern India. He was a son of the dynasty's founder Gupta, and the father of the dynasty's first emperor Chandragupta I.