Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3978

c6.3978

*niṣka* (IE 8-8; EI 15, 27, 30), name of a gold coin; name sometimes applied to *śatamāna*, *śāna*, *ṭaṅka*, *gaṇḍa-māḍa*, etc.; cf. *gaṇḍa-niṣka*, also called *gaṇḍa-māḍa*. See *JNSI*, Vol. XVI, pp. 41 ff.