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V. A. Smith— History and Coinage of the Gupta Period. [No. 4, 
Further Observations on the History and Coinage of the Gupta Period .— 
By Vincent A. Smith, Indian Civil Service. 
(With Plate VI.) 
( Read December, 1894. ) 
Contents : —Part I.—General Observations. 
„ II.—Gupta Gold Coins. 
„ III.—Gupta Copper Coins. 
,, IV.—Later Kusan Coins. 
„ V.— The Indian Coinage of the Epiithalites, 
or White Huns, and Gupta Silver Coins. 
Part I.—General Observations. 
Although no very long period has elapsed since the publication 
of my last work on the Gupta Coinage, 1 sufficient material has accu¬ 
mulated in the interval to warrant the preparation of another Supple¬ 
ment. The elaborate papers by the late Sir Alexander Cunningham 
on the coinages of the Later Indo-Scythians, and of the Epiithalites, or 
White Huns, have thrown much light on the history and coinages of 
dynasties closely connected with the Guptas, and have tempted me 
to wander a little beyond the confines of the Gupta field which I have 
hitherto cultivated. 
Since I have been stationed at Gorakhpur, I have had the oppor¬ 
tunity of examining the large and varied collection of coins formed by 
my friend, Dr. William Hoey, I.C.S. The most remarkable coins of the 
Gupta Period in his cabinet are noticed in this paper. On other occa¬ 
sions I hope to publish some of the novelties in other departments 
which he possesses. Dr. Hoey’s cabinet has supplied me with a large 
proportion of my material on the present occasion, though I have 
not neglected other sources of information. 
I Observations on the Gupta Coinage; read at the International Congress of 
Orientalists, London, 1892, and published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , 
for 1893. In the following pages this work is cited as Observations. 
