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The Coins and Weights in Ancient India

By A. K. Sarkar

Vol. 7 · No. 4December - 1931pp. 689–702English

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  • “The intimate connection between the coinage and the weight- system. of a country 15 wellknown, Everywhere the standard unit of weight for precious metals became the standard unit of value, and this became ultimately coin when stamped with the royal insignia,”
  • “The very names of the coins indicate this relation in good many cases,? In the Manusamhita 15 found a table of weight-metres of the Hindus which have remained almost the same as the basic system of weights and measures in India up to date.”
  • “1t may be imagined that while the rati or the krgnala provided for the primary weight-unit for gold, the misga served the same pur- pose for silver, the lighter metal, Both the seeds are readily available in India and are sufficiently uniform in size and weight to serve as the necessary units,”

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  1. Le Nepal, vol. 11, pp. 208, 219
  2. Jevons, p. 35; Kinley, p. 48
  3. Colcbrooke, Prinsep, 1, 232
  4. Gopila Bhatja, 122
  5. Cunningh_fi_—‘w'am”, 9. 47

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