In favour of the existence of an indigenous Indian coinage prior to the time of Alexander, I would remark that if the Hindus had derived their knowledge of coinage from the Greeks, the types, shape, and standard of all their money would have been Greek.... THE NUMISMATIC CHRONICLE AND JOURNAL OF THE NUMISMATIC SOCIETY. - Seite 212von W. S. W. VAUX, M..A., F.R.S., JOHN EVANS, F.R.S., F.S.A., F.G.S., AND BARCLAY V. HEAD - 1873Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...of coinage from the Greeks, they would never have possessed any other dramya but that of 6 wdris. In favour of the existence of an indigenous Indian coinage...expected imitation we find that the early copper coins of Tuxila differ from the Greek money in every single point. They are square in form, different in standard,... | |
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...coinage from the Greeks, they would never have possessed any other dramya but that of 6 vodris. In favour of the existence of an indigenous Indian coinage...inscriptions; and this difference appears to me to offer a really crucial test of the asserted imitation. For I contend that if the Hindus had copied... | |
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