The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 38, September 4, 2005, Article 12

INDIAN COIN COLLECTION FOUND IN ESTATE DISPUTE

On September 1, the BBC reported that "Hundreds of rare
Indian gold coins and priceless artefacts have been recovered
from the residence of one of India's richest business families.

The discovery was made during an inventory of the personal
assets of the deceased widow of the family patriarch.

The move follows a bitter legal battle between the Birla family
and their former accountant, Rajendra Lodha."

"Some of the gold coins are said date back to the Maurya
and Gupta periods of ancient India.

Many of the coins also go back to the time of the Mughals
who ruled India between the sixteenth and nineteenth century.

The coins and artefacts were found when the officers broke
open Priyamvada Birla's cupboards.

"The valuables were locked in a strong room, hidden behind
a wooden panel in the study on the ground floor of the third
bungalow at Birla Park," one of the officers, who wished to
remain unidentified, said."

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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