The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c10.27

c10.27

The available evidence does not enable us to solve the problem of the identity of Kācha. It is possible to argue that (i) Kācha was not a Gupta ruler at all, but an interloper, who had temporarily eclipsed the power of the Guptas sometime after the death of Chandragupta I; (ii) that he was an elder brother of Samudragupta, who had disputed his succession; (iii) and that he was identical with Rāmagupta, who according to the literary tradition, was the elder brother of Chandragupta II, and had ruled before him for a short time.