[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Rashtrakutas and their Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934) › c22.57 # The Rashtrakutas and their Times c22.57 The Rāṣṭrakūṭas and their Times c22.57 - **Language:** English ### [c22.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c22.57) Dramma, Suvarṇa, Gadyāṇaka, Kaḷanju and Kāsu are the principal coins mentioned in our period. Dramma is the Sanskritised form of the Greek term \*drachme\*. The silver coins of the Indo-Baktrian kings, weighing about 65 grains, were known by that name and we may presume that the weight of the \*drammas\* mentioned in our records was more or less the same. One of the Kanheri inscriptions belonging to the time of Amoghavarsha I mentions golden \*drammas\* and distinguishes them from ordinary \*drammas\* mentioned a little earlier.⁴³ It would thus appear that the name \*dramma\* was given to both silver and golden coins in the northern provinces of the Rāṣṭrakūṭa empire. Our four anna silver piece weighs about 48 grains; silver dramma was thus about one-third bigger than this coin. - [Previous: c22.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c22.56) - [Next: c22.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c22.58) - [Up: c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c22) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c22.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c22.57) · Pramāṇa