Indische Palaographie von circa 350 a. Chr. – circa 1300 p. Chr. c27.22

c27.22

§ 128. Pallava. — Territory: bordered by the Coromandel Coast. In the same region lived the Kurumbars, a people of considerable importance before the 7^th cent. A.D. Between the coins of these two peoples no accurate discrimination has yet been made. The coins of this region fall into two classes:—(1) Those which in style bear some resemblance to the coins of the Andhras (e. g. E.CSI. Pl. II, 55—58, called Kurumbar; and perhaps also id. I, 31—38, called Pallava or Kurumbar), and may, therefore, possibly belong to the same period (2^nd and 3^rd centuries A.D.). The occurrence of the ship as a reverse type testifies to the foreign trade for which the Pallavas were famous. (2) The other class is of gold and silver and undoubtedly later; but here again there seems to be no evidence from which to determine the exact date. These coins all bear the Pallava emblem, the maned lion, together with Canarese or Sanskrit inscr. (**Plate V, 16**).