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Virapurushadatta
Virapurushadatta was a king of the Ikshvaku dynasty of the lower Krishna valley in India in the 3rd century CE, the son of its founder Vasishthiputra Chamtamula. His reign, known from inscriptions at Nagarjunakonda, saw the height of gifts to Buddhist foundations at the capital Vijayapuri, made largely by women of the royal family. He married a princess of the Western Satraps of Ujjain.
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