History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c14.s4.7
History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c14.s4.7
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7 The practice of producing cast coins in official mints declined after c.3rd-4th century A.D. In the Gupta and post-Gupta ages the casting method was perhaps increasingly adopted by counterfeiters for imitating coins struck officially from dies. It is interesting to note that the moulds found at Kadal in the Deccan bear legends in the Nāgarī script datable to the period from the 11th to 15th century (Sahni, 1945)