The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v1.c10.s3.10

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The roads in the Deccan were hilly and therefore pack-bullocks and pack-ponies were the principal means of transport used for articles of commerce. It is rather strange that the Rāṣṭrakūṭas should have issued no state currency of their own. Commercial transactions were carried on either by barter or by the exchange of gold and silver bullion. Some of our records refer to gold coins or *drammas*, given in charity by the reigning emperors. But no Rāṣṭrakūṭa coins in this metal have so far been found.