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KUMA'RA GUPTA (MAHEUDRA). 
Swordsman Type. 
(Eev. Catal., class D a.) 
Ohv. King, facing front, with long cnrly hair, wearing a cap 
or tnrban, short drawers, necklace, and armlets ; with r. hand 
casting incense on small altar, which is partly visible ; a short 
sword hangs from his waist, and his 1. hand rests on his hip. 
Behind r. arm. bird-standard, adorned with pennons. Beside 
left elbow ^ ‘ Kn,’ with a crescent over the syllable. Legend 
on margin Knmara, having 
conquered the earth, prospers.’ 
Bev. Goddess, seated cross-legged on lotns-flower seat with fillet 
in r., and open lotns-flower in 1. hand. Legend ^ 
‘ Sri Knmara Gnpta.’ Monogram. 
Deferences Unique coin in B. M. Prinsep coll.; described and figured in 
and Records, p. 23 and Autotype PI. fig. 5. The first two words are read 
Eemarhs. f^cEl by Thomas, which is unintelligible : I read his as a 
with one limb a little prolonged—the remains of the are on the 
left margin ; a crack crosses the but the letter is quite distinct 
the legend thus agrees with that on the Swordsman and Umbrella 
coins of Chandra Gupta II, father of Kumara. The crescent over the 
obverse ^ is remarkable, because it is generally found only in the 
heavy debased coins of the type of Nara Gupta’s coinage. The wt. 
124'2 of the present coin indicates that it belongs to the genuine 
mintage of the imperial Kumara Gupta. The execution of the coin 
is clumsy, but not very barbarous. Mon. 8b {Plate III, fig. 9.) 
KUMA'BA GUPTA (MAHEKDBA.) 
Archer Type. 
(jr ^ XXIV, 500, class G 1, and varieties; Dev. Catal. classes 
b E h, 6 D h, 7 D h, and E c.) 
Ohv. King, standing to 1., bead bare, bair cnrly, r. band, exten¬ 
ded across bird-standard, bolding arrow ; 1. band either rest¬ 
ing on tip of bow with string turned inwards, or grasping 
middle of bow with string outwards. 
Sometimes, but not always, ‘ Kn,’ under 1. arm. 
Legend on margin, or in field, various, as detailed below. 
Bev. In all vars.; goddess seated cross-legged on lotus-flower 
seat; and bolding fillet in r., and lotus-flower in 1., except in 
class II, where her bands are empty. 
Legend ^ ^ Sri Mabendra.’ Mon. 
Class I. String of bow turned inwards. 
