The Silver Coinage of the Gupta Empire and Associated States in Western India: Analysis,classification and illustrated catalogue
Authors: Ian J. Todd and A.M. Fishman

Dealing with the silver coinage and events around the time of the fall of the Western K?atrapakingdom in the period 398-415 CE, and in the century that followed, this work comprehensivelycatalogues unprecedented integrated coin classifications for - and fresh historical conclusions about -the Gupta empire and associated states including the Traiku?akas and Kalachuris. It also broadens theknown history of the Western K?atrapas by identifying the coinage of two individuals who succeededthe kingdom's last great ruler; and through detailed analysis introduces the previouslyunknown "Second K?atrapa Kingdom" ruled by a king named Madasena and his sons, and withcoinages formerly misattributed to the Maitrakas of Valabhi and the Western K?atrapas.

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The Silver Coinage of the Gupta Empire and Associated States in Western India has receivedfavourable recommendations from numerous esteemed numismatists, in particular:

Wilfried Pieper, author of Ancient Indian Coins - A Comprehensive Catalogue:

Robert Tye, author of Jitals and Early World Coins and Early Weight Standards:

Dr. Harry Falk, a noted Indologist, retired professor and Director of the Institute of Indian Philologyand Art at the Free University in Berlin:

John Deyell, author of Living Without Silver; Treasure, Trade and Tradition; From MountainFastness to Coastal Kingdoms; and Lakshmi, Bearer of Riches:

Robert Senior, author of Indo-Scythian Coins and History Volumes I-IV and The Coinage ofHermaios and its Imitations Struck by the Scythians:

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