Chandragupta I was known as
Lichchavidauhl tra. His marriage with the
Lichchavi Princess Kuma radevi was one of the
significant events in the Gupta rule. The
importance o this marriage can be known further
from Samudragupta's Allahabad inscription in
which he has described himself as
"Lichchhavisdau hitra or daughter's son of the
Lichchavis.