The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c22.28
The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c22.28
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Gopalpur, coins found at, 310. Gorakhpur, coins found at ,310. Govindagupta, a Gupta prince, 5. Gupta coinage, not started by king Śrigupta or king Ghaṭotkacha, but started by Chandragupta I, Allan's view to the contrary examined 28-32; its coin types, 17-25; its metrology, 293-301; its palaeography, 301-5; its symbols, 287-95; its artistic merit and varieties, 12-14; superb craftsmanship, 16-17; extent of foreign influence over, 15-16; its stages of Indianisation, 19; 21; 53; 57; no foreign influence on the Aśvamedha, Lyrist and Tiger-slayer types, 61-75. Greek legends, 36-7; 151; 220; 251-2. Gupta empire, its beginning, 1-2; under Samudragupta, 3; under Chandragupta II, 4; under Kumāragupta I, 5-6; under Skandagupta, 6-7; its struggle with the Pushyamitras, 6-7; its decline and downfall, 7-11; its division, 9; no division (?), 226-7. Gupta kings, Later, of Magadha, 335. Hajipur hoard, 308. Half-Dināra, 105. Half-Śatamāna, 330; 335. Harigupta, king, 316-20. Harikānta (?), king 321. Hastings, Warren, 306. Hoards of Gupta coins, 305-16; 356 Horse-sacrifice of Samudragupta, 61-2; of Kumāragupta I, 200-2 Hugli hoard, 307 Hullanpur, actual findspot of the Bayana hoard, 310 Hūṇa invasions, 9-10 Hunter, Museum of, 306 Huvishka, a coin of, 37