The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c12.2

c12.2

(As pointed out already (p. *ante*, p. 4) literary tradition asserts that Chandragupta II had an elder brother named Rāmagupta, who ruled for a short time before him.¹ This ruler, however, is not mentioned in official Gupta inscriptions, nor are any gold coins yet found issued by him. Some scholars therefore doubt his historical existence.²)