The Colas c31.2

c31.2

The absence of prominent land-marks in the numismatic history of Southern India, and the small proportion of inscribed specimens of coins discovered so far have stood in the way of a scientific treatment of the coinage of the South. At the same time the relative richness of epigraphical material has contributed to make the study of South Indian history largely independent of the always difficult and none too certain conclusions of numismatics.