Indische Palaographie von circa 350 a. Chr. – circa 1300 p. Chr. c24.s3.10

c24.s3.10

§ 87. Types of E. and W. Andhra coins. — From a consideration of the types represented on the coins of these two classes, the following suggestions may be made: — (1) the 'caitya' symbol which is characteristic of the coins of Caṣṭana and all his successors is no doubt derived from the Andhras; (2) the use of the symbol found on most of the coins of Ujjain seems to be an additional piece of evidence of the fact that, before the Saka conquest under Nahapāna, Malwa was included in the Andhra dominions; (3) the style and types of other coins seem to connect them with coins ascribed to the Pallavas (v. inf. § 128).