1884.J V. A. Smith— Oold Goins of the Imperial Gupta Bynasty. 153 
Of the eight Gupta gold coins in the possession of Sir E. C. Bayley, 
three, as above mentioned, were found at or near Allahabad ; the rest are 
believed to have been found either at Kanauj or Allahabad. 
The gold coins of the Guptas in the cabinet of Mr. A. Grant were all 
obtained in Oudh, and mostly near Eaizabad (Ayodhya), except one, which 
was bought in Bombay. Mr. J. Hooper’s specimens were also obtained in 
Eastern Oudh. Mr. H. Bivett-Carnac has 13 gold Gupta coins, 6 of these 
were obtained in the province of Benares, 2 were dug up near Allahabad, 
1 was procured at Lucknow, 2 at Cawnpore, and 2 at Mathura. 
Col. Tod’s coins, including the four gold Guptas figured in Trans. 
R. A. S. Vol. I. PI. XII, 4th series, were all obtained at Agra, Mathura, 
Ujjain, or Ajmir, but more precise information respecting them is wanting. 
The above notes comprise all the facts which I have been able to 
collect respecting hoards of Gupta gold coins, and the origin of the 
collections in various cabinets.* 
I shall now proceed to analyse the available statistics respecting the 
find-spots of individual coins, including some which were comprised in 
certain of the hoards already mentioned. 
Prinsep was more careful than many other antiquarians have been to 
record the source from which he obtained his coins. Thirty-seven Gupta 
gold coins are described in his essays, and the following table of the find- 
spots of these coins has been compiled from his notes :— 
From Kanauj ... ... ... ... ... 3 
,, Jaunpur ... ... ... ... 3 
,, ,, ? (cabinet of Tregear, who collected at Jaunpur) II 
I 
1 
4 
1 
I 
12 
Total... 37 
In the following general statement, compiled from all the notes of 
place in my catalogue, the coins described by Prinsep are included. 
* There is nothing to show the 'provenance of any of the coins in the India 
Office collection. The find-spots of a very few coins in the British Mnseum collection 
are recorded, but there is reason to doubt the accuracy of some of the notes. Mr. 
Theobald does not know where any of his Gupta coins were found, except that one 
was bought in Benares, and one in Mathura. Information is likewise wanting con¬ 
cerning the provenance of nearly all the coins in the cabinet of the Asiatic Society of 
Bengal. 
,, Benares ... 
55 55 
,, Gaya 
,, Mirzapur 
,, Ghazipur 
,, not stated 
