Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c15.148

c15.148

Following the Golakhpur find in the chronological order is a vast body of silver punch-marked coins found in thousands in different parts of India, from Panjab to Malwa, and from C.P. to the Deccan and up to Madras and Mysore. These may be grouped under six classes in accordance with the variations in their symbols and marks. Yet they are all struck on a common standard, that of 32 *rattis*=56 grains, like the *paṇa* or *dharaṇa*. Another common feature they present is that "they have regularly on one side a group of five punches found in a great variety of combinations, and on the reverse have one or more punches, normally different from those found on the obverse" [*Ib.* xiii].