Indo-Sasanian coinage
Indo-Sasanian coinage was major type of coinage of the post-
Design and extent
Indo-Sasanian coins derive from three Sasanian prototypes, which were introduced in western India by the Alchon Huns, also called
Western and northwestern regions
Indo-Sasanian coinage covers a period of several centuries, during which it is possible to see a progressive degradation and stylisation of the original Sasanian design, in ways which vary according to the region where they were current.[1] Typically, the bust of the king on the obverse is highly simplified and geometric, and the design of the fire altar, with or without the two attendants, appears as a geometrical motif on the reverse of this type of coinage.[1][3]
This coinage was current among the various polities of Western India succeeding the collapse of the
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Coin of the Gurjara Confederacy, on the model of the Sasanian coinage of Sindh. Sindh. Circa 570-712 CE
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Indo-Sasanian, Sindh. Uncertain king. Mid 7th-early 8th century.
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AIndo-Sassanian style bust right; pellets and ornaments around / Stylised fire altar; pellets around.[4]
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Indo-Sasanian coin of the Chaulukyas with geometrical royal effigy, circa 10th century CE
Gangetic region
Around the beginning of the 9th century, coin designs derived from the Sasanians were adopted in the Gangetic region: the Vigrahapala drammas of a certain ruler named Vigrahapala , and later the Adivaraha drammas of the Gurjara-Pratihara ruler Bhoja I (c. 836-886 CE).[5][6][7][2]
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Vigrahapala Dramma (drawing): the profile of the ruler and the altar with attendants appear in a stylized manner. 9th century CE.[8]
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Vigrahapala Drammas, 9th century CE.[5]
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Adivaraha Dramma coin, circa 836 - 885 CE
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 9781000227932.
- ^ a b c Deyell, John. The Monetary Dimensions of the Vigrahapala and Adivaraha Dramma Coinage: an Exploratory Essay. Archived from the original on 2019-10-31. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
- ^ "The Indo-Sassanian coins, also termed as Gadahiya and circulated from 600 to 1200 A.D., are found in good numbers from Ahmadahad, Banaskantha, Bhavanagar, Junagarh, Kaira, Kutch, Mehsana, of Gujarat." in The Journal of Academy of Indian Numismatics & Sigillography. Academy of Indian Numismatics & Sigillography. 1988. p. 145.
- ^ Post-Gupta (Chaulukya-Paramara) coin Archived 2017-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, Classical Numismatic Group.
- ^ ISBN 9781000227932.
- ISBN 9788120811669.
- ISBN 9788120803022. Archivedfrom the original on 2023-12-24. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
- ISBN 978-1-000-22793-2. Archivedfrom the original on 27 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ Smith, Vincent Arthur; Edwardes, S. M. (Stephen Meredyth) (1924). The early history of India : from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan conquest, including the invasion of Alexander the Great. Oxford : Clarendon Press. p. Plate 2.