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¹ Cunningham thinks that this rivalry is indicated in the coins as well. He says: “As a curious proof of the antagonism between the Guptas and the Maukharis, I may cite the fact that on the coins the Maukhari king has his face turned to the left, in the opposite direction to that of the Gupta kings. This opposition is also seen on the coins of Toramāṇa, the successor and probable supplanter of Budhagupta” (Arch. Surv. Ind., Rep. XVI, p. 81; also see J. R. A. S., 1906, pp. 849-50).