Download or read book Gupta Gold Coins with a Garuḍa-banner written by Ellen M. Raven and published by Gonda Indological Studies. This book was released on 1994 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study focuses on the gold coins featuring the Gupta king with a banner carrying the image of the mythic eagle Garuḍa, the supreme symbol of his power. They belong to five coin types that comprise about sixty percent of the dīnāras struck from the reign of Samudragupta up to and including Skandagupta.