File:India, Chandragupta II, Gupta Period - Coin with Figure of an Archer - 1977.62 - Cleveland Museum of Art.jpg
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anonymous: Coin with Figure of an Archer (reverse) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: Coin with Figure of an Archer (obverse), and with Figure of the Indian goddess of good fortune, Shri, seated on a lotus (reverse) |
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Object type | coin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
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. |
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Date |
between 380 and 415 date QS:P,+0500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+0380-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+0415-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 / circa |
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Medium | gold | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | Diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q657415 |
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Indian and Southeast Asian Art |
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Accession number |
1977.62 |
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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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Unique ID of original document | uuid:F4CC6948CC9C11DB8287C60CD0C1C88A |
Date and time of digitizing | 06:14, 5 March 2007 |
Date metadata was last modified | 09:44, 21 August 2019 |
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