ANCIENT INDIAN COINS: A Comprehensive Catalogue
$229
Author: | Wilfried Pieper |
ISBN 13: | 9789392280016 |
Binding: | Hardbound |
Language: | English |
Year: | 2021 |
Pages: | 656pp., |
Published On: | 5th October 2021 |
Subject: | Art and Archaeology/Numismatic |
About the Book
Wilfried Pieper needs no introduction. He is well known through numerous articles published in ONS Newsletter, Journal of Oriental Numismatic Society and Numismatic Digest. Besides he has authored Ancient Indian Coins (1998 with Osmund Bopearachchi) and Ancient Indian Coins Revisited (2013). His monumental work 'Ancient Indian Coins - A Comprehensive Catalogue' is now available.
This catalogue exhaustively lists and illustrates 3792 coin images (line drawings wherever needed) of ancient Indian coins of all metals except gold. Each chapter begins with a brief history of the dynasties/series with notes on the coinage. Maps have been profusely used. Eminent numismatists Pankaj Tandon, Alex Fishman and Sanjeev Kumar have contributed chapters on Paratrajas, Western Kshatrapas and Gupta Dynasty respectively. At the end there is a bibliography and index. This will become an indispensable reference book for collectors and scholars of ancient Indian coins for years to come. CONTENTS: Preface, Introduction, 1. The Punchmarked Coins, 2. Uninscribed Cast Copper Coins, 3. Post Mauryan Central and Western Indian Coins, 4. Narmada Valley City-states, 5. Post-Mauryan Northern Indian Coins, 6. Kusana and Post Kusana Coinages, 7. Deccan Lead Coin Dynasties, 8. Vidarbha Coins, 9. Satavahanas and Successors, 10. The Pallavas, 11. Visnukundin Coins (C. 450-615 CE), and Visnukundin Inspired Coins, 12. Ancient Cheras, 13. Chola Coins, 14. Malayaman Coins, 15. Pandya Coins, 16. Paratarajas Contributing Author: Pankaj Tandon, 17. Western Ksatrapas Contributing author: Alex Fishman, 18. Gupta Dynasty Contributing author: Sanjeev Kumar, 19. Post Gupta Coinages, Bibliography, Index. 656pp,.