The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c15.s1.14

v1.c15.s1.14

The fashion of a bilingual coinage thus instituted was continued by the Scythian and Parthian invaders from Irān in the early part of the first century b.c.; and these bilingual coins have supplied the clue to the interpretation of the ancient alphabets, and have enabled scholars during the last three generations to bring to light the long-hidden secrets of the inscriptions and to retrace the outlines of forgotten history.