The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c29.139

c29.139

This prince, whose reign in Magadha possibly synchronized with that of Skandagupta, survived his brother for a very brief period. The only event which can be assigned to his reign is a bold attempt to restore the purity of the coinage. The rare gold coins, bearing on the reverse the title Prakāśāditya, which are generally ascribed to Puragupta, although retaining the gross weight of the heavy *suvarṇa*, contain each 121 grains of pure gold, and are thus equal in value to the *aurei* of Augustus, and superior in intrinsic value to the best Kushān or early Gupta coins.²