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gods to whom Samiidra Gupta is likened in the Allahabad inscription, 
and he is given the title of “ wielder of the battle-axe of death.” The 
use of this epithet convinces me that in the Boy and Battle-axe coins 
Samudra Gupta is presented as the incarnation or representative on earth 
of Yama or Kritanta, the god of Death, who was also regarded as the 
‘ king of justice, {dharmmardjaf In order of time this type should, 
perhaps, be placed before the Aswamedha and Tiger types, which are 
more distinctively Hindu. 
CHAHDEA GUPTA II. 
Couch Type. 
(Bev. Catal., class D a.) 
Ohv. King seated on couch, with r. leg tucked up ; attitude nearly 
the same as in Lyrist type of Samudra, but there is no lyre ; 
king’s 1. hand rests on couch, r. hand upraised, empty; 
marginal legend (a few letters being indistinct), 
^ ‘ [coin of the divine king of 
kings, Chandra Gupta.’] Of. legend of Archer type. 
Itev. Goddess seated on throne, holding fillet in r. and flower in 1 • 
hand. Monogram. Legend ‘ Sri Yikrama.’ 
B. M. j coin nniqne, so far as is known ; worn, wt. 114'7; mon. (3a) 
{FLIP jig. 13). 
Assigned to Chandra Gupta II on account of rev. legend, and the 
title of ‘ Devaprobably belongs to an early period of his reign. 
The Sanchi inscription (P. E. I, 246; etc.) states that Chandra Gupta 
II was ‘ known among his subjects ’ as Deva Eaja ; his son Kumara 
in a Horseman to Eight coin {A. A. XVIII, 16) describes himself as 
‘ Devajanita,’ the son of Deva, or ‘ the divine,’ and himself assumes 
the title of ‘ Deva ’ in an unpublished gold Archer coin {Rev. Catal., 
class 6 E h), and in some of his silver ‘peacock’ coins. 
Genl. Cunningham informs me that this coin, or one like it, is 
figured in a book entitled Oriental Collections (4to.), Yol. 2, p. 425, 
PI. A. fig. 2,) but I have not seen the book referred to. 
CHAKDRA GUPTA II. 
Archer Type. 
(J. A. S. B. XXIV, p. 499, class C I; Bev. Catal., class E and 2 E.) 
Ohv. King standing, wearing tailed coat, ordinarily turned to 1., 
his 1. hand grasps and rests on bow, of which the string is 
ordinarily turned inwards ; arrow in r. hand, and bird-stand- 
ard behind r. arm. Under 1. arm ^ ‘ Chandra.’ 
^References 
and 
Bemarhs. 
