P. L. Gupta

[2] Born on 24 December 1914 in Azamgarh in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, his education took place at Wesley High School in his hometown.

He soon pursued a Masters in Ancient Indian History & Culture at the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi after finishing his Intermediate and B.A.

[3] After completing his Masters at Banaras Hindu University, Gupta worked as an Assistant Curator at the Bharat Kala Bhavan from 1950 till 1954.

During this period, he began pursuing his doctoral studies on Punch-marked coins of ancient India under Prof. V. S. Agrawala's guidance.

Later, he joined the Indian Institute of Research in Numismatic Studies, Anjaneri, Nasik as its first director in 1980.