Coinage of the Guptas

Coinage of the Guptas

2020-04-27 11:58:18

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• Coinages : #todo
• Gupta Kings issued well executed die struck gold coins.
• Samduragupta and Kumaragupta I had issued coins showing them playing Vina.
• Reverse of Gupta coins have religious symbols. Their purity of gold decreases in later part of Skandagupta’s reign
• Some Gupta coins give the regnal years of Kings

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Samudragupta’s reign based on coins as sources

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Decline of Coins during Gupta and post Gupta period

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http://www.jiwaji.edu/pdf/ecourse/aihc/Gupta%20Coins-1.pdf https://ignca.gov.in/Asi_data/6531.pdf