The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c18.s6.15

c18.s6.15

The view that Samāchāradeva was a feudatory of Śaśāṅka is untenable. It presupposed that the term *narendra* in the legend *narendravinīta* refers to Śaśāṅka and that its meaning is one who is humble to Narendra (i.e. Śaśāṅka). There is no sufficient evidence for the first assumption. If we accept the second hypothesis, we shall have to admit that the name of the feudatory occurs on the obverse and that of the emperor on the reverse. This also is without a precedent. It is best to hold that Samāchāra was a very near predecessor of Śaśāṅka.