[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957) › c19.144 # The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c19.144 The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c19.144 - **Language:** English ### [c19.144](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19.144) We can omit this \*ma\* as a superfluous letter as on B. M. No. 384 and take the legend to be \*Kugupta\*, which was intended to be an abbreviation of Kumāragupta. This emperor has abridged his name into the letter \*Ku\* on one variety of his Archer and Tiger-slayer type; see \*ante\*, pp. 171-2, 193. The same is seen on some of his copper coins; see \*ante\*. p. 239. The same might have been done on the present piece. - [Previous: c19.143](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19.143) - [Next: c19.145](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19.145) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19.144](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19.144) · Pramāṇa