The royal emblem of the Gupta dynasty was —

Garuda, the vehicle of Vishnu, served as a major dynastic emblem of the Guptas and appears on seals, standards and coins. This question belongs to the Gupta and post-Gupta phase, a period reconstructed through inscriptions, coins, monuments, literary works, scientific texts and accounts of foreign travellers. The Gupta age is often described as a classical or golden age because of important achievements in Sanskrit literature, temple architecture, sculpture, astronomy and mathematics, but the label should not conceal regional diversity or social and political change. Contemporary inscriptions and coins are especially useful for royal genealogy, conquests, offices, titles and religious affiliation.