The Age of the Imperial Guptas c10.147

c10.147

Out of these kings Samācāra Narendrāditya has been identified with Samācāradeva mentioned as the ruling chief in a copper plate from Faridpur by Mr. Nalinikanta Bhattasali,¹ M.A., Curator of the Dacca Museum. Ghaṭotkacagupta may be identified with the king of Mālava mentioned in the recently discovered inscription from Mandasor.² Of the remaining kings Candragupta III and Viṣṇugupta are regular Gupta kings with proper *Aditya*³-names. Jayagupta is also a Gupta king, as restored from a copper coin; but the Jayagupta who is known from gold coins of the Archer type is perhaps a distinct person as his *biruda* is not a proper *Aditya*⁴ name. Similarly Samācāradeva and Virasena may or may not be Gupta kings, because they have *Āditya*-names but their names are different. Moreover, Virasena may be a name without the affix *Gupta* similar to that of Ādityasena in the later Gupta dynasty of Magadha. Virasena introduces a new type, the Bull on his gold coins which is perhaps borrowed from the bull type of Śaśāṅka of Gauḍa¹ or the silver Bull type of Skandagupta.