The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c13.s8.1

c13.s8.1

Epigraphs nowhere mention any Aśvamedha sacrifice performed by Kumāragupta, but his coins show that he must have performed at least one. The specimens of the Aśvamedha type of Kumāragupta are very rare. For a long time only two were known and they were in the British Museum; one of them was procured in Mathurā and the find-spot of the other was unknown. In 1947 four specimens of this type were discovered by the present writer in the Bayana hoard and later two specimens were purchased by the Lucknow Museum and Bhārat Kalā Bhavan, Banaras, one each.