King Vikramaditya was real! š„ A stone inscription proves that Chandragupta Vikramaditya (Chandragupta II) was a devotee of Vishnu, showing the Guptas had strong Vaishnava roots. It was found in 1853 by Alexander Cunningham, written in Gupta Brahmi and Sanskrit. It even names his parents: Samudragupta MahÄdevÄ« DattÄdevÄ« It says Samudragupta himself chose Chandragupta as his successor, and calls him āSarvarÄjyoĀchettÄā ā the exterminator of kings. The inscription praises his huge donations of gold and cows. Today, itās kept in the Mathura Museum. This record dates to around 380ā405 CE, early in Chandragupta IIās reign.