The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c18.s8.6

c18.s8.6

Since Jayanāga takes the title of Mahārājādhirāja in his copper plate, we may well presume that he was a ruler of some consequence; he had some feudatories ruling under him as shown by his charter. He may, therefore, well have thought of issuing gold coins. He was a *paramabhāgavata* or Vaishṇava and, therefore, naturally discontinued the obverse of Śaśāṅka’s coinage, which showed Śiva standing by the Bull; he replaced it by the well-established Archer type. The reverse is a close copy of Śaśāṅka’s coins.