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How far do the coins of the Gupta’s provide clues regarding trends in economy, polity, religion and arts? Discuss them in the light of corroborating evidence from archaeology and literature?
- Guptas, Vakatakas and Vardhanas
Coins are never mere currency in ancient Indian historiography; struck under royal authority, they are miniature political and cultural statements, and the Gupta series is unusually rich in this respect because of its sheer variety of types, its extensive Sanskrit legends, and its long unbroken run across two centuries. The question is how far this…
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- Economy: Monetisation, Prosperity, and Its Limits
- Polity: Conquest, Kingship, and the Machinery of Legitimation
- Religion: A Pantheon on the Reverse
- Arts: Coin-Craft as a Mirror of Sculptural Idiom
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