Treasure Trade and Tradition : Post-Kidarite Coins of the Gangetic Plains and Punjab Foothills, 590-820 CE /

Treasure Trade and Tradition : Post-Kidarite Coins of the Gangetic Plains and Punjab Foothills, 590-820 CE /

This book has much to offer the numismatic enthusiast drawn to bold coinages shrouded in mystery. But it will also appeal to the general reader interested in a key formative period for the emergence of pre-modern India. It examines our turbulent social, religious, political and economic transition d...

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Main Author: Deyell, John S. (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill | Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2017.

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Coins > India.

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Call Number: CJ3537

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
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  • Illustrations and Tables /
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  • Preface /
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  • Acknowledgements /
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  • Introduction /
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  • The Design Evolution of Post-Kidarite Coinages /
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  • Stylistic Evidence and Typology /
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  • Paleography: The Quiet Testimony of Letterforms /
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  • Epigraphy: Unravelling the Coin Legends /
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  • Die Links /
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  • Metrology: Detecting Trends in Coin Weights and Dimensions /
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  • Metallography: Discerning Precious- and Base-metal Content /
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  • Net Precious Metal Content: The 'Value' of the Dinara Coins /
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  • Minting Technique: The Makers' Story /
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  • Provenance: Geographic Patterns in Manufacture and Circulation /
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  • Notice of Electrum Dinaras in the Numismatic Literature /
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  • Sources of the Coinage Metals /
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  • Iconography: The Cultural Content of the Coins /
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  • Turbulent Times: The Historical Context /
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  • People and Places: Human Geography and the Later Kidarites /
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  • Concurrent Coins: The Monetary Situation in Northern and Western India /
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  • Attribution of the Coins: Review of the Evidence /
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  • The Rise of Pushpabhuti Power and a Coinage for Harsha /
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  • Post-Kidarite Coinage of the Punjab Foothills /
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  • A Postscript on Kashmiri Coins /
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  • Conclusion /
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  • Select Bibliography /
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  • Index /
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