Coinage of India
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The Coinage of India began anywhere between early 1st millennium BCE to the 6th century BCE, and consisted mainly of copper and silver coins in its initial stage. The coins of this period were Karshap
Hoard of mostly Maurya Empire coins
Silver Tanka and Rupee coins from different sultanates and princely states of India
"The First South Asian coins", 400–300 BCE, British Museum.
Punch-marked coin minted in the Kabul Valley under the Achaemenid administration. c. 500–380 BC, or c. 350 BCE.
Punch-marked coins
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Punch-marked coins were a type of karshapana or Ancient Indian coinage, also known as Aahat coins, dating to between about the 6th and 2nd centuries BC. It was of irregular shape. These coins are foun
Coinage of India
…first Indian coins in the seventh century BC. Ratti and is still used in India as Jewellers weight. Scholars remain divided over the origins of Indian punch-marked coinage (PMC). What is known, however, is that the earliest extant evidence, of silver currency, are bent silver bars, in the North West of the sub-continent, and…
Punch-marked coins discovered from Chandraketugarh.
"Babyal Hoard" type, of the Kuru Janapada (350–315 BCE)
Silver, ½ Karshapana coin, “Babyal Hoard” type, of the Kuru Janapada (450–315 BC)