The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c10.31

c10.31

Literary tradition knows of Rāmagupta as being the elder son and the immediate successor of Samudragupta; he is however unknown to both coins and inscriptions. Numismatic evidence shows that Kācha was most probably different from Samudragupta and came soon after the end of his reign; he is however, not known to inscriptions and literature. It is possible to argue that Kācha of the coins may be identical with Rāmagupta of the literary tradition and the following grounds can be advanced in favour of this view point.