The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c16.s2.1
The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c16.s2.1
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The Tumain fragmentary inscription, dated 116 G. E. (435 A. D.), refers to a prince named Ghaṭotkacha,¹ who appears to have been a son, or perhaps a brother of Kumāragupta I, ruling at Mālwā as its imperial viceroy. It is possible to attribute to him the solitary Archer type coin in the St. Petersburg (Leningrad) Museum, which bears the legend Ghaṭo under the king's left arm. We shall first describe this unique coin.