Kosambi
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Kosambi (Pali) or Kaushambi (Sanskrit) was an ancient city in India, characterized by its importance as a trading center along the Ganges Plain and its status as the capital of the Vatsa Kingdom, one of the sixteen mahajanapadas. It was located on the Yamuna River about 56 kilometres (35ย mi) southwest of its confluence with the Ganges at Prayaga, which made it a powerful center for trade and beneficial for the Vatsa Kingdom.
Kosambi cast copper coin. 1st century BCE. Inscribed ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฉ๐บ Kosabi in the Tai Tham script at the top. British Museum.
Woman riding two bulls (bronze), from Kausambi, c. 2000-1750 BCE
Bronze Goddess with Weapons in Her Hair, from Northern India (possibly Kausambi), 2nd century BCE
Two Damaru-shaped coins from the Gangetic Valley.
Mahajanapadas
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The Mahฤjanapadas were sixteen kingdoms or aristocratic republics that existed in ancient India from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE, during the second urbanisation period.
Pottery of the Northern Black Polished Ware culture (c. 500โ200 BCE)
Silver coin of Avanti mahajanapada (4th century BCE)
Coin of Early Gandhara Janapada: AR Shatamana and one-eighth Shatamana (round), Taxila-Gandhara region, c. 600โ300 BCE.
A coin of Takshashila, portrays a tree flanked by a hill surmounted by a crescent and a Nandipada above a swastika.