Indische Palaographie von circa 350 a. Chr. – circa 1300 p. Chr. c27.1

c27.1

§ 123. General Remarks. — In the numismatic history of Northern India, landmarks of great importance are afforded by the successive foreign invasions. There are no such prominent landmarks to indicate the different periods in the history of the Southern coinages. At the same time the proportion of inscribed coins is smaller, and classification depends to a greater extent on arguments derived from the *provenance* of specimens, the nature of their fabric, and the style of their types. These coinages have, moreover, as yet not received a scientific treatment in any way to be compared with that which has obtained such valuable historical results from the coins of the North.