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published in India, but here's a new title available from
Bagchee.com. Below is their overview for a new book on the
Imperial punchmarked coins of ancient India. -Editor
Imperial Punchmarked Coins of Ancient India: A Case
Study of Darai Dangri Hoard, Varansi
Authors (s): Savita Sharma (Author)
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9788173055461
Pages: xiv+238p., B/w Illustrations 217; 22 X 28cm.
Pub. date: 31.05.2016, 1st. ed.
Publisher: Aryan Books International
Language (s): English BagcheeID: BB102124
List price: US $ 180,00
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India's indigenous coinage is rich and varied,
distinguished by regional, cultural and linguistic features and
representing imperial and political associations. The class of
coins that finds frequent mention in ancient Indian epigraphs and
literary sources is the karsapana. Karsapana, also known as
Purana or Dharana, are the punch-marked coins which were in
circulation throughout ancient India. Many hoards of silver
punch-marked coins have been located in sites all over the
country. Its widespread availability suggests that it was a
standard medium of exchange from about the 6th century BCE.
Every new discovery of a treasure-trove has something new to
add to the mine of knowledge extensively compiled by scholars. An
earthen pot containing 333 ancient silver punch-marked coins was
found in July 1997, from Sarai Dangri village, Varanasi while
digging the foundation of a primary school building. These coins
were handed over to Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University,
Varanasi in 1998 by the District Magistrate of Varanasi. The
study of these coins forms the subject matter of this volume.
Coins in this hoard, classified as Imperial Karsapana, are
datable to circa 4th century to 2nd century BCE, comprising
seventy-six varieties.
The volume is divided into four parts: Part I commences with
an explanatory introduction outlining the importance of this
hoard. This also serves as a comprehensive backdrop of the
present study; Part II covers classification and cataloguing.
Here an attempt has been made to refer to most of the published
material and views, with drawings and illustrations of obverse
and reverse of each variety in tabulated form; Part III
incorporates the observations on the present study and includes
tables of the symbols in detail, as well as a brief description
on extra-marks and half-coins; Part IV comprises appendices on
weights and chemical analysis based on some coins of the hoard,
an EDS Report, dispersal of coins, list of hoards and a
bibliography.
The volume should be of immense help to students and scholars
of numismatics. They will gain a deeper insight and understanding
of Indian numismatics in general and about this remarkable series
of silver punch-marked coins in particular.
To read the complete article, see:
Imperial Punchmarked Coins of Ancient India: A Case Study of
Darai Dangri Hoard, Varansi
(www.bagchee.com/books/BB102124/imperial-punchmarked-coins-of-ancient-india-a-case-study-of-darai-dangri-hoard-varansi)
Wayne Homren, Editor
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