“Economic Impact of Greek Coinage in Ancient India”, in Yavanika, No. 12, 2009, pp.26—41. (ISSN. 0971-5681) (original) (raw)

AN INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT INDIAN COINS

Coins are as important as the inscription in history. They confirm the information derived fr om literature. They are of various metals – gold, silver, copper, or alloy and contain legends or simple marks. The coins are very important to the reconstruct of the ancient Indian history. It is a part of archaeological sources .Those with dates is prob ably very valuable for the framework of Indian chronology. Coins are almost our sole evidence with regarded to the Indo Scythian and Indo Bactrian King. The Bilingual coins had served as Rosetta Stones in deciphering the Ancient Indian writings. The purity of the metal reflects the financial conditions of the Gupta Empire. The inscription on the coin indicates territory over which the rulers ruled. Some coin throws significant light on the personal events of certain rulers. The discovery of the same kind of coins at different places helps up in fixing the coverage of various kingdoms in ancient India.

Ancient Indian Monetary Systems and Minting Techniques c. 600 BCE c. 1200 CE

History of Ancient India: Volume VII: Economy, Agriculture, Crafts & Trade ed. Dilip Chakravarti, 2019

Ancient Indian Coinage evolved over a long period of nearly two millennia from the sixth century before the Common Era till the twelfth century of the Common Era before the implementation of Indo-Islamic coinages by the Indo-Islamic kingdoms of the region. During this long period, its minting techniques underwent a sea of change from an indigenous style called Punch-marked technique evolved in the pre-Buddhist and Mauryan era to Greek inspired Die-striking method along with Casting of certain series probably inspired by Chinese coinage. This paper looks at prominent coinages issued majorly during this long period across the Indian sub-continent.

“Coins in Ancient India : Technology and their illustration

In Ancient period available evidences in respect of the oldest coinage of India reveal that due to unsuitable medium (Cows, Indra and Soma plant) for store or as the object of high value for long term saving , an alternative medium nishka (an ornament) was introduced by the Vedic people. The Jatakes, the Vedic texts and Satapatha Brahmana mentioned that the nishk latter use as like currency. Hiranyapinds used for making ornaments.in Ancient India coins play a vital role in society,culture & economy

ANCIENT INDIAN COINS AND THEIR DIVISION OF FOUNDING PLACES

In Ancient Time, India was named after the sovereign king BHARA (MANU) the son of Rishabhdev and the Grandson of Nabhi, According to the PuraniccosomologyBharatvarsh or Haim Vatavarsa was divided into nine divisions. In this paper I illustrate about division of places in which ancient Indian coins were found.

Divinity and Motifs on Early Indian Coins

2019

Coins as a symbol of ideas and ideals, working behind the mind of the rulers at different periods, open up a most comprehensive and interesting study. Although references to coins occur in the early Indian Literature, punch-marked coins are found the earliest ones spread over a large area 2 from Pakistan in the northwest to Tamilnadu (India) in the south; from Taxila (Pakistan) in the west to Chandraketugarh (India) in the east. These comprise both silver and copper coins; in the first group, bent bar coins from Taxila are also included. Their chronology is not definite, however, their beginning may be assigned to the sixth-fifth century BC.

History Research Journal The Historic View of the Indian Currency and Paradigms

__________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract: This article involves the Historic perspective on Indian currency, fundamental objective of the article is to follow the historical backdrop of Indian currency in Mughal, British and present day time frame. The primary goal of the article is to reflect noteworthy perspective on Indian currency and its paradigms.

Roman Coins in India and their impact.pdf

ROMAN COINS IN INDIA AND THEIR IMPACT KANCHAN GANGULY The English word ‘Numismatic’ is derived from latin word ‘Numisma’, means ‘study of coin’. Coins are remarkably durable objects and remained in circulation for long periods of times after they were originally issued. There are several series of foreign coins found in India. It is often applied in India to coins by dynasties of non-indigenous origin, as well as to coins imported from abroad. Among such coins, I would like to discuss some of the best coins found in Ancient India, the Roman coinages. So I shall pick up only a few of them to illustrate the relevance of their study, imported into India by a way of trade, brought by the Indians and left behind by the travelers. The discovery of a large number of Roman coins in India should originally indicate about commercial contacts of their origin. The coins are actually used for payments, but their value would have been determined by the worth of their metal in the Indian market. The Roman coins imported as bullion could have been used in certain areas and periods as media of exchange. It containing precious metals such as gold and silver will have arrived in India as trade consignments. The importance of the Roman coins in India goes beyond their commercial implications. The impact and influences of Roman coins directly reflects on Indian coins. The arrival in India of large number of Roman coins can however be dated to the early phase of Indo-Roman trade, the period 30 BC - 45 AD. The coins are found in various parts of India, like Andhrapradesh, Gujrat, Nasik, Kerala and Tamilnadu. The issues of gold aurei and silver denarii coins exported to India were carefully selected with weight-standard and high gold and silver content. The coins are generally used as a medium of exchange, as raw material for the indigenous coinage, and as ornaments for the natives. In the present essay an attempt has to be made to investigate the impact and influence of Roman coins on India. The types, techniques, weight-standard, metal, variety of these coins have to be studied. Since a large number of research papers, some monographs and books are available for serious researcher. Here an attempt will be made to acquaint the layman about the significance and importance of the foreign coins specially the Roman coins found in India.