Author: Walter Elliot
Publisher: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 182
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8180900843
Description
Author's Note:
In describing some of the coins here noticed, I had to trust chiefly to memory, which, notwithstanding the cheerful aid rendered by members of my own family, and by several friends, often left me in doubt and perplexity.
The plan I have followed in this essay has been to give a slight historical sketch of the principal southern rulers who issued dynastic coinages, as far as the limited means at my disposal would admit. Where the data for these were wanting or defective, I have indulged in greater detail, especially where the received history, such as it is, appeared to be inexact, or the chronology faulty or open to question. My amended and adjusted as the progress of the South Indian Archaeological Survey brings more comprehensive evidence to light.
Contents
PREFACE
ALPHABETS OF SOUTHERN INDIA
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
Ancient Geography of the Dakhan
Principal Dynasties of Southern India
Collections of their Coins Hitherto Described and Classification of their Contents
Part I.
I. Northern Die Coins, Section I. Andhras
II. Caromandel Coast Die Coins
Part II.
I. Origins of South Indian Metrical System
II. Earliest Indigenous Coins
III. South-Western Coins
IV. Dynasties and Coins of Kuntala
Part III.
I. Coins of Dravida
II. Dynasties of Dravida
III. Travancore, Cochin, and Kerala
IV. Concluding Remarks
APPENDICES
INDEX