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The Silver and Copper Coinage of Pre‑Moghul India

By Gottlieb L. Schanzlin

Vol. 16 · No. 1March - 1940pp. 172–178English

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  • “A silver ૦૦1૩ of about 170 to 180 grains had existed 11 India under various names, long before Sher Shah had begun to coin silver rupees”
  • “The tankah was divided into 48 parts, and 8, 6, 12 and 16 gani pieces were issued.”
  • “In India the Moghuls very definitely abandoned the coining of billon, returning to pure copper for thetr lower values of coins.”

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Vol. 16 · No. 1
1–8Hyder Ali’s Relations with the Marathas (1766–67)Narendra Krishna Sinha9–19Post‑Vyasārāya PolemicsB. N. Krishnamurti Sharma20–39Durlabhrām: A Prominent Bengal Officer of the Mid‑eighteenth CenturyKali Kinkar Datta40–47Parijata‑dhvaja of the Maratha King SambhajiP. K. Gode48–57The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India (1206–1290 A.D.)Mohammad Aziz Ahmad58–69Vasudeva SarvabhaumaDinesh Chandra Bhattacharya70–98The Wife in the Vedic RitualJitendra Bimal Chaudhuri99–104Benares Plate of Govindacandra, King of Kanauj: (Vikrama‑) Samvat 1171R. K. Ghoshal105–117TeliagarhiSarit Sekhar Majumdar118–142Śiva and his Emblems on Early Indian Coins and SealsJitendra Nath Banerjee143–144Miscellany: Guṇaratna’s Tarkarahasyadīpikā and Dharmakīrti’s PramāṇavārttikaVidhushekhara Bhattacharya147–165Quilon Inscription of Jayasimha Vira Kerala VarmaK. Rama Pisharoti, A. Govinda Warrier166–169Sher Shah’s Parganahs and their administrative OfficialsH. N. Sinha169–171A Note on the Śabdaniṟṇaya/ŚabdanirŇayaT. R. Chintamani172–178The Silver and Copper Coinage of Pre‑Moghul IndiaGottlieb L. SchanzlinCurrent article179–182A Side‑light on the History of BengalDhirendra Chandra Ganguly182–186The Vatsagulma Copper‑plate Grant of Vākāṭaka Vindhyasakti - Regnal Year 37Dineshchandra Sircar187–206ReviewsDineshchandra Sircar, Nalinaksha Dutt, Chintaharan Chakravarti, Narendra Krishna Sinha, A. B. M. Habibullah, U. N. Ray207–218Select Contents of Oriental Journals

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