The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c2: Contents
The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c2
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P.P. Preface .. vii Abbreviations and Transliteration xv Chap. I : A brief outline of the History of the Impreial Gupta Dynasty. .. 1 Chap. II : General Introduction to the Gupta Coinage .. 12 Chap. III : Coinage of Chandragupta I .. 26 Chap. IV : Coinage of Samudragupta .. 39 Standard type .. 41 Archer type .. 53 Battle-axe type .. 56 Aśvamedha type .. 61 Tiger-slayer type .. 69 Lyrist type .. 73 Chap. V : Coinage of Kācha .. 78 Chap. VI : Coinage of Chandragupta II .. 90 Archer type .. 91 Lion-slayer type .. 105 Horseman type .. 121 Chhatra type .. 127 Couch type .. 133 King and Queen on Couch type .. 138 Standard type .. 141 Chakravikrama type .. 145 Silver Coins .. 150 Copper Coins .. 155 Chap. VII : The Coinage of Rāmagupta¹ .. 162
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¹ Owing to a mistake committed during my absence in America Chapters VI and VII have interchanged their places. Coinage of Rāmagupta should have preceded the coinage of Chandragupta II.
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Horseman type .. 174 Swordsman type .. 183 Lion-slayer type .. 185 Tiger-slayer type .. 190 Elephant-rider type .. 194 Elephant-rider Lion-slayer type 195 Rhinoceros-slayer type .. 197 Aśvamedha type .. 200 Kārtikeya type .. 203 Chhatra type .. 206 Apratigha type .. 207* Lyrist type .. 211 King and Queen type .. 212 Garuḍa with out-stretched Wings type ... 213
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Chap. IX : Silver and Copper Coinage of Kumāragupta I .. 216 Silver Coinage .. 218* Copper Coinage of the Silver type (?) .. 234 Copper Coins .. 236
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Chap. X : Coinage of Skandagupta .. 240 Archer type .. 242 King and Lakshmi type .. 244 Chhatra type .. 247 Horseman type .. 249 Silver Coinage .. 250
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Chap. XI : Coinage of the Successors of Skandagupta .. 262 Purugupta .. 262 Ghaṭotkachagupta .. 262 Narasimhagupta .. 266
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Kumāragupta II .. 271 Budhagupta .. 275 Viṣṇugupta .. 280 Vainyagupta .. 281 Prakāśāditya .. 282
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Chap. XII : Symbols, Metrology, Palaeography and Hoards .. 287
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Symbols .. 287 Metrology .. 293 Palaeography .. 301 Hoards .. 305
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Appendix I : Imitations of the Gupta Coinage 315
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Bhīmarāja 316 Harigupta 318 Harikānta (?) 321 Jayagupta 322 Virasena 323 Samāchāradeva 324 Śaśāṅka 328 Jayanāga 330 Ancient Imitations of Gupta Gold Coins 333
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Appendix II : Addenda and Corrigenda 338
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Appendix III : Genealogical and chronological Table of Gupta Kings .. 360
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Appendix IV : Index to Types and Motifs .. 361
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Appendix V : General Index .. 375
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Appendix VI : Conversion of Inches and Grains into Centimetres and Grammes 384
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Appendix VII : Bibliography 386
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Errata 389