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Vikramaditya : Prof. S. Bhattacharya: Sun of Prowess is a title assumed by various ancient Indian kings. Tradition associates the title with a king of Ujjayini who was a repository of prowess & all virtues, & was victorious over the Śakas. The Vikram Era dating from 58-57 BC is attributed to him. But Sober History [of Western & Indian Orientalists] does not know of any such king with the said title ruling in western India in the second half of the first century of the pre-Christian era. It was borne by several historical sovereigns, viz., Chandragupta II (AD 380-415), his grandson Skandagupta (AD 455-67), & several Chālukya kings, Viz., Vikramāditya I (655-80), Vikramāditya II (AD 733-46), Tribhuvanmalla (ASS 1009-16), & Vikramāditya or Vikramanka (AD 1076-1125). Of these several kings Chandragupta II, the 3rd Gupta emperor, who defeated the Śaka satraps, who had his capital Ujjaiyini & whose reign was marked by great intellectual achievements as well as by all-round peace & prosperity & in whose reign Kālidāsa probably (sic) flourished has been considered to have had the best claims for being considered as the original king Vikramāditya who later on passed into legends. [Bhattacharya based his article Orientalist Bhandārkar’s History of the Deccan]