Numismatic Researches : Critical Studies from Excavated Context

Contents: Preface. 1. Presidential Address; 79th session of numismatic society of India; (Dharmasthala, December 1991). 2. An appraisal of recent discoveries of South Indian coins; Presidential Address, South Indian numismatic society of South India (Tirupati, 1994). 3. Punch marked coins from recent excavations--a review of the finds from South India. 4. Epigraphical and numismatic data on Kuras. 5. The names Satavahana, Satakarni, and the significance of the Srivatsa symbol on the Satavahana coinage. 6. Important numismatic finds from Duvvuru and Alluru (District Nellore), (A.P.). 7. New evidences on the early Satavahana coinage, culture and commerce. 8. Satavahana coins from Pratishthana; some connected problems. 9. Lead coins of King Satavahana from Sannati. 10. Chakra type Satavahana coins from Hyderabad region. 11. A critical assessment of the coinage of the Satavahanas, sequence and dating. 12. A coin-mould piece from Nagarjunakonda excavations; new light on the silver coinage of the Satavahanas. 13. A critical study of the numismatic evidence from Nagarjunakonda excavations. 14. Coins from Amaravati excavations (1973-75). 15. A monastic seal from Dharanikota excavations. 16. Roman coins from Andhra; their contexts, chronology, and culture significance. 17. Coins from Peddavegi excavations (1985-87). 18. Vishnukundin coins from Peddavegi excavations and related issues. 19. A carnelian intaglio from Vengipura. 20. Depiction of a temple on Vishnukundin coins. 21. Salankayana coins from Ghantasala, District Krishna (A.P.). 22. Iron as coin metal : an examination. 23. Legal aspects on the upkeep of coin heritage in India. Select bibliography.

"After the major publication on the "Coinage of the Satavahana Empire" in the early 1980's this work becomes the most comprehensive treatise on the subject. This welcome compilation of Numismatic Researches was carried out by the author during the past two decades. Several learned scholars, and students as well, have evinced keen interest and have been both critical as well as appreciative. The work provides a dependable sequence, typology, identification and date of the coins based on excavated contexts. In this exercise the surface discoveries of coin types could be provided with a correct chronological perspective. In all 23 essays find place here duly illustrated." (jacket)

[I.K. Sarma has also written Coinage of the Satavahana Empire (1980) and The Development of Early Saiva Art and Architecture (1982).]