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| Home > History of Jewellery > Jewellery in Ancient India > Coins
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Gold Dinar of Kushana King Kanishka I
 This coin was found in the northwest India and was in use as early in the 2nd century AD. The back of this coin shows a standing image of the Indian deity Shiva, named in Bactrian on the coin as Oesho. Shiva is depicted with four arms holding (in clockwise order) a trident, a buck, a waterpot and elephant god and a hand-drum. The symbol to his left is a Kushana royal symbol.
Gold Dinar of Gupta King Samudragupta I
This coin was found in the north India and was in use in the mid 4th century AD. The front of this coin shows Samudragupta holding a bow in his left hand and with his right making sacrifice at an altar surmounted by a Garuda standard, symbolizing the deity Vishnu. His name Samudra is written under his raised arm in a Brahmi script monogram.
Gold Dinar of Gupta King Samudragupta I
Again found in the North India, this coin was used in the mid 4th century AD. The front of this coin shows a horse tied to a sacrificial post. According to ancient Indian custom only a universal ruler had the right to perform a ritual horse sacrifice (ashvamedha). By issuing a coin with this design Samudragupta was proclaiming himself a universal king.
Gold Dinar of Gupta King Chandragupta II
This coin was found in the North India and was in use from 380 AD to 414 AD, where the back of this coin shows the Indian goddess Lakshmi seated on the back of a lion, holding a lotus in her left hand and a royal diadem in the other. The design is intended to represent divine support for Chandragupta`s kingship. The Brahmi inscription names the king as sinhavikramah (brave as a lion).
Gold Dinar of Gupta King Kumaragupta I
This coin is found in North India and during the 414 AD till the 455 AD. The back of this coin shows the deity Kartikeya seated on his peacock Paravani. This god is shown holding a spear in his left hand and is making a sacrifice at a small altar with the other. The Brahmi inscription names Kumaragupta Mahendrakumara.
Base Gold Dinar of King Shashanka of Gauda
This coin was found in Bengal and was in usage in the early 7th century AD. Here the front of this coin shows the god Shiva riding on the back of his bull Nandi. The inscription gives a title of Sasiinkajaya, (victorious). Buddhist tradition records Shashanka`s persecution of Buddhism and his destruction of the tree under which the Buddha received enlightenment.
Gold Coin of Kalachuri King Gangeyadeva of Tripuri
The front of this coin shows a seated image of the goddess Lakshmi. The goddess is depicted with four arms, holding lotus flowers in her upper arms.
Gold Coin of the Rashtrakutas of Kanauj
This coin was found in the Central India and was in use in the 11th century AD. The front of this coin shows a standing figure of the Indian deity Rama, holding a bow and an arrow, with a bird and a lotus at his feet. The devanagari inscription to his left and right names the god Sri Rama.
Gold Pagoda of the Eastern Chalukya King Rajaraja
 Found in the Southeast India during the 1019 till 1060 AD, the front of this coin is stamped with seven punches. The central punch shows a boar, representing the boar incarnation of the Indian deity Vishnu, seal of the Chalukya king of Vengi.
Gold Mohur of the Mughal Emperor NuraI-Din Jahangir
This coin was minted at Ajmer and the front of this coin shows a portrait of Jahangir, seated on a low throne, drinking wine.
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