Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c40.s3.t1.1

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V.S. Agrawala (1953:471) pointed out that śatamāna as a coin had been mentioned in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa only in those Kāṇḍas (5 and 12-14) associated with the name of later day sage Yājñavalkya. Thus this currency probably existed during the latter part of the Brāhmaṇa era (c. eighth-fifth century BC). Pāṇini witnessed the transition of the Indian coinage system from the śatamāna to the kārṣāpaṇa denomination. Pāṇini also mentioned a gold coin vista of 80 rattis or ratikās (Pāṇ., 4.1.22; 5.1.31).