History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c15.s3.49
History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Nāga–Vākāṭaka Imperial Period c15.s3.49
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Chandra-Gupta I's pre-Pāṭaliputran coins, as pointed out above, are those illustrated in Cunningham, C.A.I., pl. VII, figs. 1-2. They were struck when he was subordinate to the Bhāra-Śiva-Vākāṭaka Empire. The coins bear Triśūla, which was a Bhāraśiva emblem. Cunningham read the legend as Rudra-Guptasa (p. 81). But the first letter is cha which is confirmed by the anusvāra dot on cha. The last letter is sya, not sa.