[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) › c19.32 # The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c19.32 The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c19.32 - **Language:** English ### [c19.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19.32) When dynasties begin to decline, claimants to the throne tend to multiply. Later evidence may well justify the tentative suggestion, made now purely on the numismatic evidence, that the issuer of the present coin is Samudragupta II. - [Previous: c19.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19.31) - [Next: c19.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19.33) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19.32) · Pramāṇa