India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c9.s6.t1.31
India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c9.s6.t1.31
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c9.s6.t1.31
The period of transition from 20 *māshas* weight to 16 *māshas* seems to be the epoch of the Nanda kings who are credited with the standardisation of weights. It were most probably the Nandas who initiated a bold reform in the punch-marked currency in the matter of weight, symbols and fabric. All these factors become evident even by a superficial comparison of the *viṁśatika* coins with the standard *kārshāpaṇas* of 16 *māshas* and 5-symbol groups.