The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c7.s1.5

c7.s1.5

It has been recently suggested by Dr. Chhabra that the unique Standard type coin with the legend *Paramabhāgavata* on the reverse should be attributed to Chandragupta I, rather than to Chandragupta II.¹ His arguments, however, though ingenious, are not convincing. The matter can finally be decided only by the help of further evidence. But the fact that Chandragupta II had used the Standard type for the obverse of his unique Couch type (Pl. IX. 6) tends to show that the solitary coin of the Standard type should be attributed to him, and this conclusion gets further support from the circumstance that so far there is no evidence to show that Chandragupta I had also adopted the title *Paramabhāgavata*. We may therefore well conclude that the coinage of Chandragupta I was confined only to the King-and-the-Queen type.