Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c21.s2.5

c21.s2.5

⁴ The possession of the central disrticts in the Ganges valley is, according to Allan, confirmed by the silver coins of the peacock type (cf. the Ayodhyā coins of Āryamitra, *CHI*, I. 538 and Meghadūta I. 45.) and the inclusion of the western province by those of the Garuḍa type. Silverplaited coins with a copper core were intended for circulation in the Valabhī area, and coins of small thick fabric resembling the Traikūṭaka coinage were apparently struck in South Gujarāt (Allan, pp. xciii ff.)