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Cast copper coins along with punch marked coins are the earliest examples of coinage in India, archaeologist G. R. Sharma based on his analysis from Kausambi dates them to pre Punched Marked Coins (PMC) era between 855 and 815 BC on the basis of obtaining them from pre NBPW period, [45] while some date it to 500 BC and some date them to pre ...
The coins of this period were punch-marked coins called Puranas, Karshapanas or Pana. Several of these coins had a single symbol, for example, Saurashtra had a humped bull, and Dakshin Panchala had a Swastika (which is a symbol of good luck in the subcontinent, especially to the Hindus), others, like Magadha, had several symbols.
Another pre-Mauryan archaeological evidence of Indian dressing comes from Saurashtra janapada coins which are one of the earliest representations of Indian pre-Mauryan arts. The coins are dated between 450 and 300 BCE and have been repeatedly over struck just like punch-marked coins. [9]
Saurashtra peninsula is bound on the south and south-west by the Arabian Sea, on the north-west by the Gulf of Kutch and on the east by the Gulf of Khambhat.From the apex of these two gulfs, the Little Rann of Kutch and Khambhat, waste tracts half salt morass half sandy desert, stretch inland towards each other and complete the isolation of Kathiawar, except one narrow neck which connects it ...
They were perhaps earlier coins modeled after the Western Kshatrapa coins. Later coins were similar to the Gupta coins in shape, size and legends. Like Gupta coins, they were not made of pure silver but silver-coated. [1] The obverse of coin had the head of the kings facing right, as in Kshatrapa coins, but no legends or date.
Janapada The Janapada assembly represented the rest of the Janapada, possibly the villages, which were administered by a gramini, [17] or grāmaṇī. [18] Some historians have also theorized that there was a common assembly called the "Paura-Janapada", but others such as Ram Sharan Sharma disagree with this theory. The existence of Paura and ...
The coin is dated 1987 with an engraved inscription. "Assuming the person bought the coin in 1987, they would have paid an average price that year of $520.
Main menu. Main menu. move to sidebar hide. Navigation ... The Sura-sena Janapada was occupied by Vrishnis and Andhakas, ... Saurasena coin, 400–300 BCE. References