Coin as source.pptx

coin as a source of early history.

1. Topic Coin as a source of Early Indian History Jagannath Saha Assistant Professor Dept. of AIWH The Sanskrit College and University, Kolkata-73 FIP Roll- 22 Micro-teaching presentation For 11 th FIP 2022 , North Bengal University Group: Social Science Date: 25 November 2022

2. Various parts of a coin What is coin Numismatics Source of History The Indian Treasure Trove Act was passed in 13th Feb, 1978.

3. Sources Literary Sources Indigenous Literature Foreign Literature Archaeological sources Excavation Materials Inscriptions Coins Art and architecture Types of Historical Sources

4. Coins use as a Source Coins in the study of Antiquity of writing . Coin of Minander Obverse- Bust of king, Basileos soteros Minender . Obverse- Owl, Maharajasa Tratarasa Minanderasa . This coin helped in identifying the Kharoshti alphabets namely ma, na , da and Ra. Coin of Agathocles Obverse- Female deity, Rajane Agathukleyasa Reverse- Lion, Besileos Agathokleous This coin helped in identifying the Brahmi alphabets namely Aa,ga,tha,sa,ra,ja,na .

5. Coins in the study of Political History. Constitutional and Administrative History. Economic History. Trade. Metallurgy. Technique. Religious History. Art History.

6. Minted in Mumbai is represented by a diamond, Delhi by a dot, Hyderabad by a Star, and Kolkata mint has no mark at all.

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