The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c10.40

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c10.40

(f) One can also understand how in the Tanda Hoard¹ of 25 Gupta coins only two belonged to the reign of Chandragupta I, and the remainders were equally divided between Aśvamedha and Tiger-slayer types of Samudragupta and those of Kācha. Kācha coins came soon after the Aśvamedha coins of Samudragupta, which were issued towards the end of of his reign.

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