The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c6.14

c6.14

Chandragupta's accession may be placed in *c.* 375 A.D. He had a long reign extending down to a little beyond *c.* 412 A.D. He had to face a sea of troubles at the beginning of his rule. There were rebellions in Bengal and the Kuṣāṇas had to be driven out. He rose equal to the occasion. Bengal was pacified and then imperial armies pushed back the Kuṣāṇas right up to the banks of the Indus.¹ The Western Punjab, however, was not annexed to the Gupta empire, but Kuṣāṇa and Śaka chiefs were allowed to rule there as Gupta feudatories.