[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Indian Epigraphical Glossary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966) › c6.4606 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.4606 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.4606 - **Language:** English ### [c6.4606](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4606) \*pon\* (SITI), also spelt \*poṇ\*; name of a gold coin also called \*māḍai\*. Cf. \*pon-bhaṇḍāram\*, ‘gold-treasury’; \*pon-paṇḍāra-vāśal\*, ‘the gate of the gold-treasury; royal gold-treasury’; \*pon-vargam\* (SITI), ‘a class of taxes payable in gold or coin; \*ponvari\*, ‘tax payable in gold (cash)’; also ‘the fee for minting gold into coins’; probably, the same as \*ponvari-māḍai\*. - [Previous: c6.4605](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4605) - [Next: c6.4607](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4607) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4606](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4606) · Pramāṇa