Introduction to Dharma Gupta
Dharma Gupta has been mentioned as the Third King of the Gopal Dynasty in the Gopal Raja Bansawali. He has been attributed the reign of 91 years in the text.
However, Bhasa Bansawali and the Genologies of Daniel Wright and William Kirkpatrick significantly differ on Dharma Gupta.
The Three Genealogies have omitted his name and they have mentioned the name of King Param Gupta instead. However, the regnal years of Param Gupta match with
Other than the above-stated matter, the Geneologies haven’t discussed or mentioned much about him as is the case with most of the Kings of Pre-History.
He was preceded by Jaya Gupta and succeded by Harsa Gupta.
Epilogue
Note: The Prehistory of Nepal up to the Kirat Dynasty lacks sufficient evidence to guarantee its historical accuracy. The article has been written through the consolidation of Chronologies with minimum interpretation to preserve its Historiographical Accuracy. In the case of Further Evidence coming into Light, it needs to be posited that the materials of the Article have been solely inspired by the Chronologies themselves.
