sons. In the two copper-plate inscriptions issued during her regency, the names of her Gupta ancestors with their imperial titles appear before the name of the Vakataka king with the lesser title Maharaja. This suggests that the Gupta court may have had influence in the Vakataka administration during her regency. Historians Hermann Kulke and Dietmar Rothermund believe that the Vakataka kingdom was "practically part of the Gupta empire" during her 20-year long regency. The Vakatakas may have supported Chandragupta during his conflict with the Western Kshatrapas. The Guptas also appear to have entered into a matrimonial alliance with the Kadamba dynasty, the southern neighbours of the Vakatakas. The Talagunda pillar inscription suggests that the daughters of the Kadamba king Kakusthavarman, married into other royal families, including that of the Guptas. While Kakusthavarman was a contemporary of Chandragupta's son Kumaragupta I, it is noteworthy that some medieval chiefs of present-day Karnataka (where the Kadambas ruled) claimed descent from Chandragupta. According to the Vikramaditya legends, emperor Vikramaditya (a character believed to be based on Chandragupta) sent his court poet Kalidasa as an ambassador to the lord of Kuntala. While the Kuntala king referred to in this legend has been identified by some scholars with a Vakataka king, it is more likely that he was a Kadamba king, because the Vakataka king did not rule over Kuntala, and was never called the lord of Kuntala. Administration Several feudatories of Chandragupta are known from historical records: Maharaja Sanakanika, a feudatory known from the Udayagiri inscription that records his construction of a Vaishnava temple. Maharaja Trikamala, a feudatory known from a Gaya inscription engraved on a Bodhisattva image Maharaja Shri Vishvamitra Svami, a feudatory known from a seal found at Vidisha Maharaja Svamidasa, the ruler of Valkha, was also probably a Gupta feudatory if we assume that his inscription is dated in the Gupta calendar era; according to another theory, his inscription is dated in the Kalachuri calendar era. The following ministers and officers of Chandragupta are known from various historical records: Vira-sena, foreign minister, known from the Udayagiri inscription recording his construction of a Shiva temple Amrakardava, a military officer, known from the Sanchi inscription recording his donations to the local Buddhist monastery Shikhara-svami, a minister; according to historian K. P. Jayaswal's theory, he was the author of the political treatise Kamandakiya Niti Navaratnas Jyotirvidabharana (22.10), a treatise attributed to Kalidasa, states that nine