The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c16.s6.1

c16.s6.1

Vishṇugupta, who was a son of Kumāragupta II,¹ issued gold coins of the Archer type. He may have ascended the throne either after the death of Budhagupta in *c.* 496 A.D., or after the demise of his own father in *c.* 490 A.D. Most of his coins are known to have belonged to the Kālighāṭ hoard; one was found in the Cuttuck district along with 47 coins of king Prasannamātra, a local ruler.² The indications of the findspots would thus suggest that the domain of Vishṇugupta was probably confined to a portion of southern or south-western Bengal.