The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c16.s3.20

c16.s3.20

It is, however, not impossible that the coins of the class II may have been issued by Narasimhagupta Bālāditya, the opponent of Mihirakula, and that the coins of the class I only may be the issues of Narasimhagupta, the son and successor of Purugupta. As the latter had a short reign of about three years, he is not likely to have left us a numerous coinage. The coins in the Kālighāṭ hoard may all have belonged to Narasimhagupta II, the opponent of Mihirakula. It is important to note that none of the coins of class I have so far been traced to this hoard. In the present state of our knowledge, it is difficult to state whether this possibility is more probable than the other view that all the coins bearing the name of Nara are to be attributed to the son of Purugupta and nephew of Skandagupta.