The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c6.21

c6.21

Kumāragupta I had a long reign of about 40 years, but very few political events connected with it are known. He attempted no new conquests, and his Aśvamedha sacrifice was intended more to emphasise his imperial position than to celebrate any fresh annexations. The discovery of a hoard of his silver coins in Satara district need not show that central and southern Mahārāṣṭra was added to his empire. The hoard may have been savings of a Mahārāṣṭrian merchant trading in Gujarat, or may have constituted the honorarium of a learned Brāhmaṇa, who may have been invited to Gujarat for the performance of Vedic sacrifices.