The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c18.s2.3

c18.s2.3

Hari is no doubt a synonym for Kṛṣṇa and it is possible to argue that Harigupta of the copper coins may be identical with Kṛṣṇagupta, the founder of the Later Gupta Dynasty of Magadha. The find-spot of his coins would not, however, favour this view. The sway of the Later Guptas never extended to Pañchāla. Harigupta has also to be distinguished from Harirāja, whose copper plate was discovered in Banaras in 1942.¹