The Age of the Imperial Guptas c10.79

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c10.79

In the first variety of the Archer type of Kumāragupta I the obverse legend is *Vijit=āvanir=avanipatiḥ Kumāragupto divaṃ jayati*, in the second the complete legend is not available but it begins with *jayati mahītalam*, it is the same in the third variety. In the fourth variety the obverse legend is *Parama-rājādhirāja Śrī Kumāraguptaḥ*. In the fifth it is *Mahārājādhirāja Śrī Kumāraguptaḥ*, in the sixth it is *Guṇeśo mahītalaṃ jayati Kumāra(Guptaḥ)*, and in the seventh the obverse legend is exactly the same as in the fifth variety. In all cases the reverse legend is *Śrī-Mahendraḥ*.¹ The second type of the gold coinage is the finely executed swordsman:—

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