Indian Numismatics : From the Earliest
Times to the Rise of the Imperial
Guptas/S.K. Chakrabortty. New Delhi, Bharatiya Kala Prakashan, 2004, xiii,
174 p., 20 plates, $47. ISBN 81-8090-048-7.
Indian Numismatics : From the Earliest
Times to the Rise of the Imperial
Guptas/S.K. Chakrabortty. New Delhi, Bharatiya Kala Prakashan, 2004, xiii,
174 p., 20 plates, $47. ISBN 81-8090-048-7.
Contents: Preface. 1. The evolution of coinage. 2. The evolution, origin and antiquity of coinage in India. 3. Coins: a great source of value in India. 4. Weights and coin denominations. 5. The metrology of the coins. 6. The mode of fabrication. 7. The state in relation to coinage. 8. The coins with symbols. 9. The provenance and coin types. Bibliography. Index.
"The book deals with the discussion, criticism and systematic arrangement of our knowledge of the indigenous system of ancient Indian numismatics upto the 3 cent. AD with special reference to Northern India. It embodies the result of his work on a rather intricate and difficult subject which had not received the amount of attention from scholars which it fully deserves.
The study of the evolutionary processes of coinage in ancient India will lead to a new orientation; and a comparison between the Indian and foreign processes and their parallel development will establish a bond of uniformity, and incidentally point out the necessary differences." (jacket)