A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c12.s1.1

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Except certain coins of high artistic quality, as judged by an Indian standard (*post*, Chap. X, Sec. 1), no work of art yet discovered can be referred to the reign of Samudragupta (A. D. *cir.* 335–75), the victorious general, and accomplished poet and musician, who has recorded his achievements on Asoka's pillar at Allahabad. The earliest known Gupta remains date from the beginning of the fifth century.