The coins of India
by C. J. Brown
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About This Book
Excerpt from The Coins of IndiaThis little book has been written as an introduction to the study of the subject with which it deals, and is intended primarily for Indian readers. At the same time the writer trusts it may be of some service to students and collectors, in India and elsewhere, as giving a general conspectus of all the more important series of Indian coins. Two objects have been kept prominently in view: (1) to describe the evolution of the coinage itself, (2) to show its importance as a source of history, or as a commentary upon economic, social and political movements. In attemp...
Chapters (153)
- THE COINS OF INDIA
- INTRODUCTION
- ABBREVIATIONS
- I THE EARLIEST COINAGE OF INDIA
- II COINS OF THE INDO-GREEKS, THE ŚAKAS AND PAHLAVAS
- I. COINS OF THE INDO-GREEKS
- II. COINS OF THE ŚAKAS AND PAHLAVAS
- III. COINS OF THE WESTERN SATRAPS AND OTHER IMITATORS OF THE GREEK MODELS
- III COINS OF THE KUSHĀṆA KINGS
- IV THE COINAGE OF THE GUPTAS
- V MEDIÆVAL COINAGES OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIA TILL THE MUHAMMADAN CONQUEST
- I. COINS OF THE HUNS AND INDO-SASSANIANS
- II. COINS OF THE RĀJPŪT DYNASTIES
- III. THE COINAGE OF KASHMĪR
- VI THE COINAGE OF SOUTHERN INDIA
- I. COINAGE OF THE DECCAN AND MYSORE
- II. THE COINAGE OF TAMIL STATES
- III. COINAGE OF THE EMPIRE OF VIJAYANAGAR AND LATER DYNASTIES
- VII THE MUHAMMADAN DYNASTIES OF DEHLĪ
- I. COINS OF THE EARLY SULTANS, A.D. 1206-1324
- II. THE COINAGE OF MUḤAMMAD BIN TUG̱H̱LAQ,
- III. THE COINAGE OF DEHLĪ, FROM 1351 to 1526
- VIII THE COINAGES OF THE MUHAMMADANS STATES
- I. THE COINAGE OF THE GOVERNORS AND SULTANS OF BENGAL
- II. COINAGE OF THE SULTANS OF KASHMĪR[56]
- III. COINAGE OF THE SULTANS OF MADURA OR MA’BAR
- IV. COINAGES OF THE DECCAN
- V. THE COINAGE OF THE KINGDOM OF JAUNPŪR
- VI. THE COINAGE OF MĀLWĀ
- VII. THE COINAGE OF GUJARĀT
- IX COINS OF THE SŪRĪS AND THE MUG̱H̱ALS
- X CONTEMPORARIES AND SUCCESSORS OF THE MUG̱H̱ALS
- I. THE COINAGE OF ASSAM
- II. THE COINAGE OF NEPĀL
- III. SUCCESSORS TO THE MUG̱H̱ALS
- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
- GENERAL
- SPECIAL
- PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS OF INDIAN COINS
- INDEX
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