The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c16.s7.3

c16.s7.3

Coins of Vainyagupta were for a long time in our museums, but they were mistaken for those of Chandragupta III. Rapson, who had first read the name under the left arm as *Chandra*, was not sure about his reading.² Mr. Allan admitted that the first letter looked like *va* and the second one like *tya* on *B.M.C.* No. 588, but felt that the reading *Chandra* was fully justified by *B.M.C.* Nos. 588-589 and assigned the coins to a hither-to-unknown Chandragupta III. The medial *mātrā* over the upper letter was taken by him to be a crescent.³