The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c10.37

c10.37

(*c*) The *biruda* on the reverse *sarvarājochchhettā* has not been used by Samudragupta in his Allahabad pillar inscription. Kācha may have adopted it as an earnest of his desire to conquer more kings and excel his father. To us, who know the the subsequent history and fate of Kācha or Rāmagupta, this title may appear presumptuous; but he may well have scored some victories at the beginning of his regin which may have justified this title before he was trapped in a distant Punjab fort. It is only later Gupta records which ascribe this epithet exclusively to Samudragupta.