This coin was created to commemorate the Gupta horse-sacrifice or asvamedha. During this ritual a stallion was released to roam for a year. The royal court followed the wandering stallion and ...

Author Sanjeev Kumar's Treasures of the Gupta Empire is celebrated as a landmark achievement in numismatics and historical research, providing a thorough and updated exploration of Gupta Dynasty ...

New Delhi: Four decades of extensive research have led to some interesting new findings from the Gupta period. While the 240-550 CE reign of the Gupta dynasty is widely regarded as one of the most ...

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Kumar, who is a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain, pointed out that even the museums that had these coins were not open to allowing researchers to study them.