Please answer the following question: Facts: - issue: chandragupta i - title: gupta king - reign: 280 319 ce - successor: chandragupta i - predecessor: sri gupta - father: '' sri gupta '' - name: ghatotkacha Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ghatotkacha -lrb- king -rrb- .
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ghatotkacha -lrb- -rrb- was a pre-imperial gupta king in northern india , the son of maharaja sri-gupta , who started the gupta dynasty .his reign is considered insignificant and he is best known as the father of chandragupta i , the first gupta emperor .