[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › Lectures on Ancient Indian Numismatics (Carmichael Lectures, 1921) # Lectures on Ancient Indian Numismatics (Carmichael Lectures, 1921) Coinage in Vedic, Pāli and Sanskrit literature and inscriptions: niṣka, śatamāna, kārṣāpaṇa, purāṇa, dīnāra; the antiquity of coinage, mints, weights, types and symbols. - **Language:** English - **Author:** [D. R. Bhandarkar](https://indike.org/pramana/person/bhandarkar-dr) - **Extent:** 554 passages, 51,255 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · Calcutta: University of Calcutta 1921; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (D. R. Bhandarkar †1950); published before 1931: public… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.bhandarkar-1921.c1) — 30 parts - [c2 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.bhandarkar-1921.c2) — 3 parts - [c3 Corrigenda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.bhandarkar-1921.c3) — 3 parts - [c4 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.bhandarkar-1921.c4) — 11 parts - [c5 List of Abbreviations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.bhandarkar-1921.c5) — 2 parts - [c6 Lecture I. Importance of the Study of Numismatics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.bhandarkar-1921.c6) — 64 parts - [c7 Lecture II. Antiquity of Coinage in India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.bhandarkar-1921.c7) — 76 parts - [c8 Lecture III. Kārshāpaṇa : Its Nature and Antiquity](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.bhandarkar-1921.c8) — 100 parts - [c9 Lecture IV. Science of Coinage in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.bhandarkar-1921.c9) — 64 parts - [c10 Lecture V. History of Coinage in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.bhandarkar-1921.c10) — 81 parts - [c11 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.bhandarkar-1921.c11) — 69 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.bhandarkar-1921](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.bhandarkar-1921) · Pramāṇa