Topics: 1. INTRODUCTION a) Definition and Significance of studying Numismatics; Scope and Terminologies and Minting Techniques. b) Sources: Findings from excavations and Stratigraphic relevance, Stray finds, Hoards, Private and Public Collections c) Origin and antiquity of coinage in India. 2. ANCIENT INDIAN COINAGE a) Punch Marked Coins: characteristics, symbols, technique and dating. b) Uninscribed Cast Copper Coin. c) Indo-Greek coins with special reference to the coins of Demetrius, Eucratides, Agathocles and Menander. d) Indo-Scythian and Indo-Parthian coins with special reference to the coins of Maues, Azes, Azilises and Gondophernes. e) Tribal Coins, Local Coins, City Coins f) Kushana coins with special reference to the coins of Wima Kadphises and Kanishka. g) Western Kshatrapa and Satavahana coins with special reference to the coins of Gautamiputra Satakarni h) Coins of the Guptas 3. DOCUMENTATION a) Preservation and conservation of coins b) Cataloguing of coins
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Allan, J. 1935.Catalogue of Coins of Ancient India.London: British Museum Altekar, A.S., 1937.Catalogue of Coins of the Gupta Empire.Varanasi: Numismatic Society of India. Bhandarkar, D.R., 1921.Carmichael Lectures on Ancient Indian Numismatics. Calcutta: Calcutta University. Bharadwaj, H.C. 1979.Aspects’ of Ancient Indian Technology.Delhi: Motilal Banarasidas. Chattopadhyaya, Bhaskar 1967.The Age of the Kushanas – A Numismatic Study.Calcutta: Punthi Pustak.
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