Catalogue of the Coins in the Indian Museum, Calcutta: The early foreign dynasties and the Guptas. Ancient coins of Indian types. Persian, Mediaeval, South Indian, and miscellaneous coins

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Published for the Trustees of the Indian Museum at the Clarendon Press, 1906 - Coins, Indic - 346 pages
 

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Page 36 - ... his kingdom probably passing into the hands of the foreign invaders.1 In Arachosia the Parthian power endured for a few years longer, and Orthagnes was succeeded by Pakores (Pakura) and Arsakes Dikaios. But about 90 AD the Kushan (Yueh-chi) monarch, Kadphises II (Ooemo) became master of the Panjab, Arachosia, and Sind, the Parthian chiefs being restricted to a narrow territory in the Delta of the Indus, from which they were dislodged, probably by Kanishka, about 130 AD The following tabular statement...
Page 76 - Cunningham is followed by Dr. Stein in reading O in some cases as aspirate and in some cases as a semivowel. From...
Page 219 - Persian coins. 3 pi. (Royal Asiatic Society. Journal. London, 1852. 8°. v. 13, p. 373-428.) * OAA Valentine, WH Modern copper coins of the Muhammadan states of Turkey, Persia, Egypt, Afghanistan. Morocco, Tripoli, Tunis, etc. London: Spink & Son, Ltd., 1911. 2 pl, 203(1) p.. 6 maps, illus. 8°.
Page 133 - Catalogue, published in 1906, reiterated the view that "the punch-marked coinage was a private coinage issued by guilds and silversmiths with the permission of the ruling powers." "The numerous obverse punches", he opined, "seem to have been impressed by different moneyers through whose hands the pieces passed, and the reverse marks may be regarded as the signs of approval by controlling...
Page 5 - Eukratides.9 25 Lysias . . . Aniketos . . Predecessor of Antialkidas, No. 4. 26 Menander . . Soter, Dikaios Later than Eukratides, invaded India about 155 BC 27 Nikias . . . Soter . . . Later than Eukratides. 28 Pantaleon . . — Contemporary with Euthydemos I or Demetrios, probably preceded Agathokles, No. 2. 29 Peukelaos . . Dikaios, Soter Contemporary with Hippostratos (J.
Page 135 - ... any well-known series. They are far from being a primitive type of coins.
Page 35 - Indus and Hydaspes (Jihlam), or, in other words, the kingdom of Taxila, towards the close of his reign, in or about 138 BC That kingdom, the Western Panjab, seems to have formed an integral part of the Parthian dominion for a few years, but during the troubles which ensued upon the death of Mithradates I, about 136 BC, the control of the central government over the outlying provinces was relaxed, and about 120 BC a chieftain named Maues (Moa) made himself king of Taxila, and enjoyed practical, if...
Page 75 - A is a very rare large head [or bust, not showing the arms or hands] of the King, covered with a round jewelled helmet with spreading crest, and the ends of the diadem hanging down behind. A large ornamental ear-ring is in the ear, and flames spring from the shoulders. The legend [of all varieties], in badly [or peculiarly] formed Greek letters, [is] PAONANO PAD OOHPKI KOPANO.SAatmaTU) shoo Hovevkki Koehano, " The King of Kings, Huvishka the Kushan.
Page 134 - The mode of manufacturing tnese coins was first to get ready a hammered sheet, which was then cut into strips, and sub-divided into lengths of approximately the desired weight, which was adjusted by clipping the corners when necessary...
Page 162 - Nagar, not more than about thirtyfive coins (or a little over half a coin per cent. !) were of outside origin, or derived from a foreign source. With the exception of these few, the whole of the coins found at Nagar were exclusively of Nagar mintage, and belonged to Nagar alone.

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