The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c10.14

c10.14

(e) And the difference in name need not be an insuperable obstacle in the identity of the two rulers. Both Devagupta and Chandragupta are known to have been the names of Chandragupta II Vikramāditya; in the same way Kācha may have been the original and familiar name of Samudragupta, the latter title being adopted by him when the Gupta empire eventually extended to the bay of Bengal.