Description
ABOUT THE BOOK : The present book is an authoritative and authentic source for the study of Indian Coins. It not only describes the coins but also studies them critically in all their aspects. In describing the features of a particular class of coins from the standpoint of standard, style and fabric or in discussing the significance of the numismatic terms, the author has utilized the literary data which have a bearing on them.
ABOUT THE BOOK : Dr. Dines Chandra Sircar was formerly Government Epigraphist for India in the Archaeological Survey and Carmichael Professor and Heard of the Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture, Calcutta University. He was general Present of the All-India Oriental Conference in 1972 and had previously presided over sessions of the Numismatic Society of India and Sections of the Indian History Congress and the All India Oriental Conference, besides being Chief Guest at the All-Orissa History Congress.
Prof. Sircar has written on most aspects of early Indian History during the past four decades. Besides editing a large number of volumes of difference types, he has published numerous books and monographs and more than a thousand papers, notes and reviews appearing in various periodicals in India and abroad.