The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c7.4

c7.4

That the Hindu art was remarkably creative in the Gupta age is shown not only by its sculpture, but also by its coinage. During the golden age of the Gupta history, no king was content with a single coin-type. Samudragupta, Chandragupta II and Kumāragupta I had each of them more than half a dozen coin-types. Coinage received special attention, most probably of the emperor himself. At the beginning of a new reign the whole situation was reviewed. Some of the old types were discarded, others were modified and some new ones were sanctioned and introduced in the course of time.