Book Title: Chronology of Gujarat
Author(s): M R Majumdar
Publisher: Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

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________________ 114 CHRONOLOGY OF GUJARAT - A.D., Candragupta II (Vikramaditya) in about 380 A.D. succeeded his father 409 Samudragupta, He crossed the delta of the Indus, defeated the Vālhikas, marched through Malwa and Gujarat to the Arabian Sea, and annexed Malwa and Saurastra, overthrowing the Western Ksatrapas.-(Barnett L. D., Anti quities of India', Ch. II, Chronology of India', p. 47). 409-10 The earliest date on the silver coins of Candragupta II is year 409-10 A.D. or 90 + x (i.e. 409-13, since the king died in about 413 A.D.). The legend on the reverse has two varieties : (a) HITCT HERTSITIG ft. Grup HATA (:), and (b) sit. T Y HERIFINTE sit. Toua faite -- Allan, ibid., 49 ff.). 413 Kumāragupta I succeeded his father Candragupta II of Magadha. A hoard of 2000 silver coins of Kumāragupta was found from Amreli excavations. (Hiranand Shastri, ARADB, 1936-37, p. 8). 413-14 Candragupta II was succeeded by his son Kumāragupta I. Mahendra and Mahendrāditya are his favourite titles corresponding to the Vikrama and Vikramāditya of his father. In his reign the silver coinage was considerably extended and introduced to his central dominions, where the Garuda of the reverse was replaced by a peacock.-( Allan, ibid., XL, iii). The great variety in the silver coins of Kumāragupta I forms a striking contrast to the scarcity of his father's silver coinage. The silver coins of the Garuda type which belong to Western India, fall into three main classes : Class I-Coins which bear close similarity to the silver coins struck by Candragupta II. The legend on these coins is परमभागवत महाराजाधिराज श्री. कुमारYG HÈ-SIFERA (:) Class II--Coins which bear no trace of Greek letters, the head and the Garuda on which are very rudely executed, and the inscription thereon is in the square-headed alphabet. The legend is the same as those on Class I, except that the initial word 'Parama' seems omitted on a sub-variety of this class. Class III–The coins are all of small thick fabric, which resembles that of the Traikūțaka coins and hence they may have been struck in Southern Gujarat. The legend is the same as on that of Class I, except that in a sub-variety, the word Mahārājādhiraja is replaced by Rājādhiraja. The obverse of all these classes bears the word varse on the left, but the figures of the date cannot be traced.--( Allan, ibid., xciii, ff., 89 ff.). 413-14 A large hoard of silver coins of Kumāragupta I was accidently unearthed at Anand (Kaira Dist.) during the excavation of a private building in 1952. The hoard lay in a kuldi (small earthen pot) and contained about two hundred Jain Education International www.jainelibrary.org For Personal & Private Use Only

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