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Chandragupta II : Archer type. ### [c3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.5) Plate V : Chandragupta II : Archer type. ### [c3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.6) Plate VI : Chandragupta II : Lion-slayer type. ### [c3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.7) Plate VII : Chandragupta II : Lion-slayer and Horseman types. ### [c3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.8) Plate VIII : Chandragupta II : Horseman and Chhatra types. ### [c3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.9) Plate IX : Chandragupta II : Couch, King and Queen on the Couch and Chakravikrama types; Kumāragupta I : Archer type. ### [c3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.10) Plate X : Kumāragupta I : Archer and Horseman types. ### [c3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.11) Plate XI : Kumāragupta I : Horseman and Swordsman types. ### [c3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.12) Plate XII : Kumāragupta I : Lion-slayer, Tiger-slaver and Elephant-rider types. ### [c3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.13) Plate XIII : Kumāragupta I : Elephant-rider Lion-slayer, Rhinoceros-slayer, Aśvamedha, Kārtikeya and Chhatra types. ### [c3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.14) Plate XIV : Kumāragupta I : Apratigha, King and Queen, Lyrist, and Garuḍa with outstretched Wings(?)types; Skandagupta: Archer, King and Lakshmi, Chhatra and Horseman types; Ghaṭotkacha : Archer type. ### [c3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.15) Plate XV : Archer types of Narasiṃhagupta, Kumāragupta II, Budhagupta, and Vishṇugupta; Horseman-lion-slayer type of Prakāśāditya. ### [c3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.16) Plate XVI : Silver and Copper Coinage of Chandragupta II : Copper Coins of Rāmagupta. ### [c3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.17) Plate XVII : Silver and silver-plated Coins of Kumāragupta I. ### [c3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.19) Plate XVIII : Copper coins of Kumāragupta I and Silver coins of Skandagupta and Budhagupta. ### [c3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.20) Plate XIX : Supplementary : Aśvamedha, Battle-axe and Standard types of Samudragupta : Archer type of Samudragupta II (?); Lion-slayer, Horseman, King and Queen on the Couch, and Chhatra types of Chandragupta II; Chhatra and Horseman types of Kumāragupta I; Horseman-Lion-slayer type of Prakāśāditya. ### [c3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.21) Plate XIX A : Coins of Bhīmarāja, Harigupta, Harikānta (?), Jayagupta, Virasena, Samāchāradeva, Śaśāṅka and Jaya(nāga). ### [c3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.22) Plate XIX B : Later Imitations of Gupta Gold Coins; Coin of Pṛthuvīra; Copper Coins of Chandragupta II; Gold-coated Copper Coins of Chandragupta II and Kumāragupta I; a defective Coin af Kumāragupta I. ### [c3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.23) Plate XX : Obverse Legends on the Gold Coins of Chandragupta I, Samudragupta, Kācha and Chandragupta II. ### [c3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.24) Plate XXI : Obverse Legends on the Gold Coins of Chandragupta II and Kumāragupta I. ### [c3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.25) Plate XXII : Obverse Legends on the Gold Coins of Kumāragupta I. ### [c3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.26) Plate XXIII : Obverse Legends on the Gold Coins of Kumāragupta I and Skandagupta; Some reverse Legends. ### [c3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.27) Plate XXIV : Reverse Legends and Letters under Arm. ### [c3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.28) Plate XXV : Further obverse Legends on the Gold Coins of Chandragupta II; Legends on Silver Coins of Chandragupta II and Kumāragupta I; Legends on Gold Coins of Skandagupta. ### [c3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.29) Plate XXVI : Legends on the Coins of Skandagupta, Kumāragupta II, Budhagupta, Prakāśāditya, Dvādaśāditya, Narasiṃhagupta Bālāditya, Prakāśāditya, Dvādaśāditya; Letters under Arms and Miscellaneous Letters. ### [c3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.30) Plate XXVII : Symbols on Gupta and Kuṣāṇa Coins. ### [c3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.31) N. B. Facing each of the plates XX to XXVI, there is a page giving the Devanāgarī and Roman renderings of the legends in the Gupta script. ### [c3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.32) Other Books by the same Author ### [c3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.33) 1. Towns and Cities in Gujarat and Kathiawar; reprinted from the Indian Antiquary, 1924-6; out of print. ### [c3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.34) 2. History of the Village Communities in Western India; Oxford University Press, out of print. ### [c3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.35) 3. Education in Ancient India; 5th Edition; 1956; Nand Kishore Brothers, Chouk, Banaras. Rs. 5/- ### [c3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.36) 4. Prāchīna Bhāratīya Shikshā Paddhati; (in Hindi); 1955; Nand Kishore Bros., Chowk, Banaras. Rs. 5/- ### [c3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.37) 5. Prāchīna Bhāratīya Shikshaṇa Paddhati, (in Marathi); 1935, Navabharat Grantha Mala, Nagpur. Rs. 2/- ### [c3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.38) 6. The Rāshṭrakūṭas and their Times; 1934; Oriental Book Agency, Shukrawar, Poona 2. Rs. 8/8 ### [c3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.39) 7. Rāshṭrakūṭa Sāmrājyāchā Itihāsa, 1934; Marathi abridgement of No. 6; Oriental Institute, Baroda. -/12/- ### [c3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.40) 8. The Śilāhāras of Western India; reprinted from Indian Culture, 1935-6; to be had of the author. Rs. 1/- ### [c3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.41) 9. Śilāhārānchā Itihāsa, 1936; Marathi abridgement of No. 8; Oriental Institute, Baroda. -/8/- ### [c3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.42) 10. Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation; second edition 1956; Motilal Banarsidas, Chowk, Banaras. ### [c3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.43) 11. History of Banaras; 1938; out of print. ### [c3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.44) 12. Banaras and Sarnath, Past and Present, 1943; to be had from the Author. Rs. 1/4/- ### [c3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.45) 13. The Age of the Vākāṭakas and the Guptas; edited jointly with Dr. R. C. Majumdar; reprinted in 1955; Motilal Banarasidas; Chowk, Banaras. Rs. 15/- ### [c3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.46) 14. State and Government in Ancent India; 3rd Edition in Press; Motilal Banarasidas, Chowk, Banares. Rs. 15/- ### [c3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.47) 15. Prāchīna Bhāratīya Śāsana-paddhati; Hindi version of the first edition of the State and Government in Ancient India; Leader Press, Allahabad; 1949. Rs. 5/- ### [c3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.48) 16. Sources of Hindu Dharma; 1953; D.A.V. College, Sholapur. Rs. 2/- ### [c3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.49) 17. The Catalogue of the Gupta Gold Coins in the Bayana Hoard; 1954; Numismatic Society of India, Banaras Hindu University. Rs. 60/- ### [c3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3.50) ¹⁸ Gupta-Kālin Mudrāen (in Hindi) Rashtrabhasha-Parishad, Patna 3, 1954; Hindi version of the Coinage of the Gupta Empire, but with two Appendices lacking. Rs. 9/8- --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3) · Pramāṇa