Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c9.s2.4
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c9.s2.4
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The second stage in its development was reached in the Nanda period (fifth cent. B. C.) when the weight standard of 32 rattis was fixed and a system of five bold obverse symbols with several smaller signs on the reverse was introduced. The intention was to indicate the dynasty, king, locality and the issuing authority. The symbols of this Intermediate period are extremely well done in bold outline and clearly stamped on a somewhat broad flat surface.