A walk through the Old Coins of India

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A walk through the Old Coins of India
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Punch Marked Coins

• The Indus valley civilisation of Mohenjo-Daro and
  Harappa goes back between 2500 BC and 1750 BC.
  There, be that as it may, is no agreement on
  whether the seals exhumed from the destinations
  were in truth coins.
• The initially recorded coinage is considered to
  begin with 'Punch Marked' coins issued between
  the seventh sixth century BC and 1st century AD.
  These coins are called 'punch-stamped' coins due
  to their assembling system. Generally made of
  silver, these bear images, each of which was
  punched on the coin with a different punch.

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Dynastic Coins

• Dating of standard dynastic coin issues is
  questionable. The soonest of these coins identify
  with those of the Indo-Greeks, the Saka-Pahlavas
  and the Kushans. These coins are for the most
  part put between the second century BC and second
  century AD. Greek conventions portray the silver
  coins of the Indo-Greeks, with Greek divine
  beings and goddesses figuring unmistakably, aside
  from the pictures of the backers. These coins
  with their Greek legends are truly critical, as
  the historical backdrop of the Indo-Greeks has
  been reproduced totally on their proof. The Saka
  coinage of the Western Kshatrapas are maybe the
  most punctual dated coins, the dates being given
  in the Saka time which starts in AD 78. The Saka
  period speaks to the official timetable of the
  Indian Republic.

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Kushan Coins

• Earliest Kushan coinage is for the most part
  ascribed to Vima Kadphises. The Kushan coins by
  and large portrayed iconographic frames drawn
  from Greek, Mesopotamian, Zorastrian and Indian
  mythology. Siva, Buddha and Kartikeya were the
  real Indian gods depicted. Kushan gold coins
  impacted ensuing issues, outstandingly those of
  the Guptas.

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Satavahana Coins

• The Satavahanas were the early leaders of the
  locale between the waterways, Godavari and the
  Krishna. They were additionally alluded to as the
  Andhras. They soon brought under their control,
  both the Western-Deccan and Central India. The
  dates of their coming into power are quarrelsome
  and are differently put between 270 BC to 30 BC.
  Their coins were dominatingly of copper and lead,
  notwithstanding, silver issues are likewise
  known. These coins conveyed the themes of fauna
  like elephants, lions, bulls, steeds, and so on
  regularly compared against themes from nature
  like slopes, tree, and so on. The silver coins of
  the Satavahanas conveyed representations and
  bilingual legends, which were roused by the
  Kshatrapa sorts.

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