Who was founded by Kumargupta Mahendraditya?
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ʜᴇ ɴᴀᴍᴇᴅ ʜɪs sᴏɴ sᴋᴀɴᴅᴀɢᴜᴘᴛᴀ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴏᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ʜɪs ᴏᴡɴ ɴᴀᴍᴇ "ᴋᴜᴍᴀʀᴀ" ᴀᴘᴘᴇᴀʀs ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ʙᴀsᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴏᴅ. ᴀᴄᴄᴏʀᴅɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴜᴅᴅʜɪsᴛ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇʀs xᴜᴀɴᴢᴀɴɢ (8ᴛʜ ᴄᴇɴᴛᴜʀʏ) ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʀᴀᴊɴᴀᴠᴀʀᴍᴀɴ (ᴛʜ ᴄᴇɴᴛᴜʀʏ), ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴜᴅᴅʜɪsᴛ ᴍᴀʜᴀᴠɪʜᴀʀᴀ ᴀᴛ ɴᴀʟᴀɴᴅᴀ ᴡᴀs ᴇsᴛᴀʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴀ ᴋɪɴɢ ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ sʜᴀᴋʀᴀᴅɪᴛʏᴀ.
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He named his son Skandagupta after the god, and his own name "Kumara" appears to have been based on another name of the god. According to the Buddhist writers Xuanzang (7th century) and Prajnavarman (8th century), the Buddhist mahavihara at Nalanda was established by a king called Shakraditya.
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