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അവതരണം
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Augustine Stephen D'souza
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വിഷയം
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ANCIENT INDIAN COINS
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Satavahanas 230 BC - 220 AD
Satavahanas had their base in the Deccan and eastern central India and ruled the regions of Amaravati, Junnar (Pune) and Prathistan (Paithan).
They resisted the onslaught of foreign invasions from central Asia and Western Kshatrapas.
They were the first rulers to have minted coins with the portraits of the rulers.
The coin legend of the Satavahanas used a Prakrit dialect without exception.
Their coins also displayed various traditional symbols such as elephants, lions, horses and Chaityas (stupas) and "Ujjain symbols", a cross with four circles.
The dynasty declined due to the rise of its feudatories.
Specifics of the coin shown below
Period - late first century BC
Metal - Potin
Weight - 3.52 gms
Obverse - Junnar Lion to the left, tree in railing to the left; three arched hill below, Brahmi legend above the lion.
Reverse - Ujjain symbols with circles spread to the four quadrants with nandipada symbols between quadrants.
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