India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c9.s6.t1.39
India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c9.s6.t1.39
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c9.s6.t1.39
The first two examples of *dīnāra* (Denarius) and *kedāra* (coins of the Kedāra Kushāṇas, 3rd-4th century A.D.) do not seem to be in order, as these coins were cast in moulds and not punched. The example *rūpyaṁ kārshāpaṇam* was a genuine old example. According to the *Kāśikā* the symbols on such coins were struck with a punch (*nighātikā-tāḍanādinā*). A metal piece as long as it was not stamped (*ayantrita*) had no use as currency.