Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c21.s2.3

c21.s2.3

² Also called *Śrī Mahendra* (on coins of the *Archer* type), *Aśvamedha Mahendra* (on coins of the *Aśvamedha* type), *Mahendrakarmā*, *Ajita Mahendra* (on coins of the horseman type and sometimes on the lion-slayer type), *Siṁha Mahendra* (on coins of the lion-slayer type), *Śrī Mahendra Siṁha* (also on coins of the lion-slayer type), *Mahendra Kumāra* (on coins of the peacock type) *Mahendra-kalpa* (Tumain Ins.), *Siṁha Vikrama* (on coins of the lion-slayer type; Allan, *Gupta Coins*, p. 80), *Vyāghra bala-parākrama* (on coins of the tiger-slayer type) and *Śrī Pratāpa*. On the swordsman type of gold coins and on copper coins of the Garuḍa and possibly siṁha-vāhinī types the emperor is simply called Śrī Kumāra Gupta. The title Mahendrāditya with the epithet *Parama bhāgavata*, 'devoted worshipper of the Bhagavat (Vishṇu-Kṛishṇa),' is found on silver coins, apparently struck in Surāshṭra.