About the book:-The author reveals that the subjoined Memoir on the obscure annals of the Gupta Kings of India was undertaken, in the first instance, with the limited purpose of describing James Burgess's newly-acquired coins in the pages of his Archaeological Report for the season of 1874-75. Circumstances connected with his return to India, and the incidentally-delayed calls for MS., have enabled him to revise and amplify several sections of his original text; others, wholly or partially set up in type, have been retained in their outline form; while, latterly, important notes, which would have required time to complete, have been deferred for future publication, so as to avoid any interference with the progress of the Editor's leading Report, already somewhat in arrears. A brief notice of some Muhammadan coins — obtained on the same occasion — which illustrate the transfer of Ethnic supremacies in the valley of the Indus, concludes these independent Chapters. The writer has taken advantage of the opportunity to arrange and classify in the accompanying autotype plate, contrasted examples of the various provincial currencies of the latter dynasty, and he has attempted, in a general way, to collect the extraneous data bearing on the still obscure history of a race, whose domination forms so important an epoch and hitherto undefined time- mark amid the dynastic revolutions of India within itself. This may be held to be a very bold expansion of a text based upon a handful of coins, but Numismatic studies he has always maintained properly and scientifically treated, open out a very large and expansive circle of investigation. It contains an Illustration of Gupta and Surashtran coins. About the Author:-Edward Thomas CIE FRS (1813 – 1886) was an English civil servant of the East India Company, known for his writings on Indian antiquities.He is considered to have made ground-breaking studies in a number of areas of scholarship, such as numismatics (Bactrian, Indo-Scythic, and Sassanian coins); Indian metrology; and Persian gems and inscriptions. His work was recognised by his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society on 8th June 1871, as correspondent of the Institute of France in January 1873, and as honorary member of the Russian Academy; and by his decoration as Companion of the Indian Empire. The Title 'Records Of The Gupta Dynasty written/authored/edited by Edward Thomas', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121228053 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 74 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-
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