An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c10.s4.3

v1.c10.s4.3

Another type of coins, contemporary with the punchmarked ones, is the cast copper coins [3.1]. They are usually accepted to have been current in the period ranging from the 4th to the 2nd century B.C. Strata VIII and VII of AHICCHATRĀ have been dated c. 300 to 100 B.C., NASIK Pd II B to c. 200 B.C. to A.D. 50, MAHESHWAR Pd IV to c. 400 to 100 B.C., TAMLUK Pd II to c. 300 to 100 B.C., RAJGHAT⁴ Pd I C to c. 400 to 200 B.C. and CHIRAND Pd II to c. 600 to 100 B.C., mainly on the basis of their occurrence in the concerned deposits. At KAUŚĀMBĪ they have been reported to have originated at an earlier date and remained in use at least up to the 2nd century A.D.