File:India, Chandragupta II, Gupta Period, late 4th-early 5th century - Coin of Chandragupta II - 1977.62 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif

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anonymous: Coin with Figure of an Archer (reverse)  wikidata:Q60746650 reasonator:Q60746650
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English: Coin of Chandragupta II
Object type Coins
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English: 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.
Date circa 400
Medium Gold
Dimensions Diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q657415
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Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Accession number
1977.62
Place of creation India, Chandragupta II, Gupta Period, late 4th-early 5th century
Credit line Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund
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Source/Photographer https://clevelandart.org/art/1977.62
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