A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c8.s2.130

c8.s2.130

² J. Prinsep says: "The Roman denarius, from which Dinâr was derived, was itself of silver, while the Persian Dirhem (a silver coin) represents the Drachma, or dram weight, of the Greeks. The weight allowed to the Dinar of 32 ratis, or 64 grains, agrees so closely with the Roman and Greek unit of 60 grains, that its identity cannot be doubted, especially when we have before us the actual gold coins of Chandragupta (?) (didrachmas), weighing from 120 to 130 grains, and indubitably copied from Greek originals, in device as well as weight."