The Mauryan Polity c10.s1.t3.7
The Mauryan Polity c10.s1.t3.7
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c10.s1.t3.7
accession the wealth of Taxila is said to have amounted to 36 kotis or 360 millions of some unnamed coin, which, even if it was the silver tangka or six pence, would have amounted to nine crores of rupees, or £9,000,000. It is probable, however, that the coin intended by the Indian writer was a gold one, in which case the wealth of this city would have amounted to about 90 or 100 millions of pounds." This statement goes to prove the reputed wealth of Taxila within fifty years after Alexander's expedition.