Coin with Figure of an Archer (reverse), c. AD 400. India, Chandragupta II, Gupta Period, late 4th-early 5th century. Gold; diameter: cm (3/4 in.). The rulers of the Gupta dynasty unified northern India under native rule for the first time since the Maurya empire (323-185 bc). The Guptas named themselves after Chandragupta, the founder of the Maurya dynasty. This coin of Chandragupta II, who ruled from around ad 380 to 415, depicts a divine archer holding a bow and arrow. On the reverse is the Indian goddess of good fortune, Shri, seated on a lotus.

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