INDO-GREEK AND INDIAN COINS

1. Gold double daric, struck in the Panjab in the time of the Persian occupation. Probably belongs to Darius Codomannus, 337 BC. (Rapson, Indian Coins, 1. 5.)

2. Athenian owl, probably struck in India in imitation of Athenian coinage. (lbid. I. 6.)

3. Coin of Sophytes (Saubhuti), king of the Salt Range at the time of Alexander’s invasion. (Ibid. 1. 8.)

4. Coin of Eukratides, king of Baktria, Kabul, and the Panjab (c. 175 BC). (Gardner, B.M. Cat. v. 8.)

5. Coin of Demetrius. king of Baktria, Kabul, and the Panjab (c. 190 B.C.). (Ibid. II. 9.)

6. Coin of Menander, Greek king of the Panjab (Sakala) (c. 165 BC). (Ibid. x1. 7.)

7. Coin of Manes, Sakai ruler in the Panjb, who conquered the territories of Demetrius ( ?c. 21 A.D.). (Ibid. XXI. I.)

8. Coin of Nahapana, Kshaharata Chieftain who ruled in the northern Deccan and Gujarat (c. 100 A.D.). (Rapson, op. cit. m. I.)

9. Coin of Kanishka, the greatest of the Kushan kings, who ruled at Peshawar. His date is disputed, perhaps c. 120 A.D. (Gardner, op. cit. xxvI. I.)

10. Coin of Samudragupta, Gupta Emperor of Northern India, 326 A.D. (Allen, B.M. Cat. v. I.)

11. Coin of Pulumavi. Andhra king of the Deccan, 1st century AD. (Rapson, Andhra Cat. v. 89.)

12. Coin of Kanishka, with standing figure of Buddha and Greek inscription BOAAO. (Gardner, op. cit. XXVI. 8.)

Identifier: ldpd_5949061_000 Title: Intercourse between India and the western world from the earliest times to the fall of Rome Year: 1916 (1910s) Authors: Rawlinson, H. G. Subjects: India--History--To 324 B.C. India--History--324 B.C.-1000 A.D. India--Relations. India--Commerce--History. India--Civilization--European influences. Publisher: University Press, Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries

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