The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c7.s1.26

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c7.s1.26

The decline in the fortune of the Gupta empire, that started with the accession of Skandagupta, is perhaps responsible for the absence of that pleasing variety of types, which we noticed in the coinage of his great predecessors. The earlier view that his gold coins are heavily adulterated is now shown to be wrong. Why he should have increased the weight of his gold coins to about 140 grains is a mystery. Possibly he wanted to revive the national *suvarṇa* standard.

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