The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c16.s2.4

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There is only one coin of this ruler and its attribution is not free from difficulty. The view of Dr. Bloch that it may have been an issue of Ghaṭotkacha, the father of Chandragupta I, is untenable. The Archer type was not introduced in the Gupta series till the time of his grandson. Further, it is not at all probable that the coinage could have been started by Ghaṭotkcha, who was a petty ruler. The coin will have to be attributed either to Ghaṭotkachagupta of the Tumain record, mentioned above, or to Ghaṭotkachagupta of Vaiśālī seal, or to a hither-to unknown later scion of Gupta family of that name ruling towards the end of the fifth century.