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# The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations

Gold, silver and copper Gupta coins by reign and type, with legends, metrology, hoards (Bayana) and historical inferences, plus plates.

- **Language:** English
- **Author:** [A. S. Altekar](https://indike.org/pramana/person/altekar-as)
- **Extent:** 3,166 passages, 113,292 words
- **Text:** complete digital text
- **Source:** archive.org · Varanasi: Numismatic Society of India 1957 (Corpus of Indian Coins IV); scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (A. S. Altekar †1960)

## Contents

- [c1 The Coinage of the Gupta Empire](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c1) — 10 parts
- [c2 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c2) — 18 parts
- [c3 Plates](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c3) — 49 parts
- [c4 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c4) — 34 parts
- [c5 Abbreviations and Transliteration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c5) — 2 parts
- [c6 Chapter I: A Brief Outline of the History of the Imperial Gupta Dynasty](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c6) — 40 parts
- [c7 Chapter II: General Introduction to the Gupta Coinage](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c7) — 18 parts
- [c8 Chapter III: The Coinage of Chandragupta I](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c8) — 28 parts
- [c9 Chapter IV. Coinage of Samudragupta](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c9) — 11 parts
- [c10 Chapter V: Coinage of Kācha](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c10) — 73 parts
- [c11 Chapter VI: Coinage of Chandragupta II](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c11) — 15 parts
- [c12 Chapter VII: The Coinage of Rāmagupta](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c12) — 14 parts
- [c13 Chapter VIII: Gold Coinage of Kumāragupta I](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c13) — 45 parts
- [c14 Chapter IX: Silver & Copper Coinage of Kumāragupta I](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c14) — 4 parts
- [c15 Chapter X: The Coinage of Skandagupta](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c15) — 2 parts
- [c16 Chapter XI: Coinage of the Successors of Skandagupta](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c16) — 9 parts
- [c17 Chapter XII: Symbols, Metrology, Palæogrphy and Hoards](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c17) — 5 parts
- [c18 Appendix I: Imitations of the Gupta Coinage](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c18) — 12 parts
- [c19 Appendix II: Addenda and Corrigenda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19) — 197 parts
- [c20 Appendix III: Genealogical and Chronological Table of Gupta Kings](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c20) — 14 parts
- [c21 Appendix IV: Index to Types and Motifs](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c21) — 41 parts
- [c22 Appendix V: General Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c22) — 109 parts
- [c23 Appendix VI: Conversion of Inches and Grains into Centimetres and Grammes](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c23) — 5 parts
- [c24 Appendix VII: Bibliography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c24) — 44 parts
- [c25 Errata](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c25) — 440 parts

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