ABSTRACT
Gujrat was subject to the Gupta emperors during the palmy days of that dynasty ; and when, in the latter half of the fifth century, the Valabhis of Gujrat rose to independence and power, they naturally adopted the Gupta Era, reckoned from 319 A.d. When the power of the Guptas, then emperors of India, was slowly decaying, an enterprising military commander, Senâpati Bhatarka by name, asserted his independence in Gujrat, and was the founder of the Valabhi dynasty of Saurâshtrá.
