156 V. A. Smitli— Gold Corns of the Imperial Gupta Dynasty. [No. 2, 
Skanda Gupta 
I 
Prakasaditya 
I 
Total 
6 
II. 
Coins obtained west and north-west of Kanauj. 
Saniudra Gupta ... 
2 
Chandra Gupta II 
6 
Kumara Gupta Mahendra 
2 
Total 
10 
III. 
Coins obtained east of Kanauj. 
Ghatot Kacha 
I 
Chandra Gupta I 
3 
Samudra Gupta 
20 
Chandra Gupta II... 
36 
Kumara Gupta Mahendra 
38 
Skanda Gupta 
5 
Doubtful 
7 
Total 
no 
Grand total 
126 
The 
above total refers only to the coins described in 
detail. 
but. 
when the entire contents of the Barhal, Allahabad and Bharsar hoards 
are included, the total of indisputably Gupta coins found east of Kanauj 
will be about 480. If the entire Kalighat hoard of rude coins of Gupta 
type be included, the total must be raised to about 690, and, if it be 
admitted that Warren Hastings’ 172 “ gold darics ” from Benares were 
Gupta coins, the grand total would amount to about 860. In any case 
the figure for Kanauj stands at 6. The fact is therefore established with 
mathematical certainty that Kanauj supplies only an infinitesimal pro¬ 
portion of the Gupta gold coins, the great bulk of which have been 
obtained far to the east of that city. 
Section YI. 
The Gupta Mint-Cities afid Capital. 
In Southern India the ancient native governments permitted subor¬ 
dinate rulers and even private persons to coin in all metals, including 
gold, with little restriction, but there is no indication of similar laxity 
having at any time prevailed in Hindustan.* 
In Northern India successive dynasties followed, so far as is known, 
the practice of the Persian kings and Homan emperors, and jealously 
retained in their own hands the right of coining gold. 
If this be admitted, it follows that the ancient gold coinages of 
Northern India will have been struck at or near the seats of government 
of the sovereigns who issued them. If, therefore, we can discover the 
position of the mint-cities where the gold pieces of the Gupta kings were 
* Thomas, Ancient Indian Weights {Intern. Num. Or.), p. 57. 
