Studies
in South Indian Coins, Volume XIII/edited by I.K. Sarma and S. Srinivasan. Chennai,
New Era Publications, 2003, 140 p., $13.
Studies
in South Indian Coins, Volume XIII/edited by I.K. Sarma and S. Srinivasan. Chennai,
New Era Publications, 2003, 140 p., $13.
Contents: Preface. 1. Towards further development of South Indian numismatics/S.J. Mangalam. 2. Lion Slayer Motif on an inscribed gold ring from Karur/R. Krishnamurthy. 3. Half denomination silver portrait coin of Yajna Satakarni/Shashikant G. Dhopate. 4. Some salient features of coins of the Satavahanas and their contemporaries/S.J. Mangalam. 5. Three seals from three Pallava copper plates/C.A. Padmanabha Sastry. 6. A gold coin of Rashtrakuta Govinda IV/M. Nityananda Pai. 7. Two copper coins from Manikpatana—an ancient sea port of Orissa/T. Satyamurthy. 8. A gold coin of Seuna Singhanadeva/A.V. Narasimha Murthy & M. Nityananda Pai. 9. A gold coin of the Banas/K. Ganesh, M. Girijapathy & S. Rajavelu. 10. Viraraya Panam of Vijayanagar rulers/P. Shanmugam. 11. Coins depicting Venad—Vijayanagar relations/Beena Sarasan. 12. Impact of Vijayanagar rule on coins of Tiruvadi Rajya of Kerala-A.D. 1423-1559/Harihariah Oruganti. 13. Coins from the excavation at Maligaimedu, Tamil Nadu/S. Vasanthi. 14. An unfamiliar Sri Vira type copper coin/T.S. Ravishankar. 15. Some interesting coins of Karnataka/K. Ganesh & M. Girijapathy. 16. Tamil coins of Nizamul Mulk Asaf Jah/R. Jawahar Babu. 17. Two unknown Arcot Nawab period coins/S. Sankaranarayanan.18. Rama—Lakshmana figure on a coin of Hyder Ali/H. Khandoba Rao. 19. Yet another Venetian Ducat from Karnataka/R. Gopal. 20. A brief note on the coins in the Salar Jung Museum/Balagouni Krishna Goud & Fida Ali. 21. Andhra coins : a bibliography/D. Raja Reddy & P. Suryanarayana Reddy. Book reviews: 1. I.K. Sarma, Numismatic researches: Critical studies from excavated contexts, review by R. Krishnamurthy. 2. K. Ganesh, Coins of Tamil Nadu, review by R. Krishnamurthy. Obituary: 1. Prof. Ajay Mitra Shastri/K.V. Raman. 2. On late Ajay Misra Shastriji/I.K. Sarma.
"This volume provides details about recently discovered coins and new interpretations of known issues attributed to: Satavahanas, Maharathis, Rashtrakutas, Cholas, Seunas, Banas, Venad rulers, Vijayanagar rulers, Madurai Nayaks, Nizam of Hyderabad, Hyder Ali and subordinates of Arcot Nawab.
"Some of the coins mentioned above were found during the archaeological excavations. Besides these, there are papers on an inscribed gold ring with Tamil Brahmi legend, three seals on three Pallava copper plates, a Venetian Ducat from Karnataka, a lengthy but useful bibliography of Andhra coins and reviews of two books." (jacket)