The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c6.2

c6.2

It will be convenient to give here at the outset a brief outline of the history of the Gupta dynasty for the general reader. We shall not discuss any points of detail or controversy, but mention just such facts as are necessary to be known in order to understand the coinage of the dynasty. A book on Gupta coinage need no longer contain a long introduction dealing with the details of the history of the dynasty,¹ as there are several authoritative and easily accessible books on the subject.²