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In ancient India (c 550B.C. to 550A.D.), there are the coins of the foreigners such as the Persians, the Indo Greeks (Bactrian Greeks), the Indo-Scythians, the Indo-Pārthians, the Romans, the Kushāṇas, the Kidāras, the Western Kshatrapas, the Hūṇas. The Indo- Greeks introduced a sophisticated numismatic tradition, later continued by the Indo-Scythians, Indo-Parthians and Kushāṇas. The Kushāṇas made innovations influenced by Roman coinage. Later rulers like the Hūṇas borrowed Sassanian styles. On the other, the City coins; the Dynastic coins of the Nandas, Mauryas, Sātavāhanas, Īkshvākus etc.; the Local coins; the Tribal coins of the Ārjunāyanas, Audumbaras, Mālavas, Rājanyas, Yaudheyas etc. and the Imperial coins of the Guptas are the major coins of Indian indigenous rulers. A brief survey of ancient Indian Indigenous coinage with particular reference to tribal coins has been discussed in the first chapter. The second chapter deals with the age-old issue, Origin of Indian Coinage- whether it is indigenous or foreign. The following five chapters are termed as Device, Legend, Metrology, Manufacturing Technique and Denomination. These chapters delineate the question of foreign influence on those specific fields of Indian coinage. The status of indigenous versus foreign coins in inland trade and the status of Indian coins in foreign trade have been discussed in the eighth and ninth chapters. Then follows the epilogue wherein the conclusion of my study has been enumerated.
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Dr. Sanjoy Roy Chowdhury
Dr. Sanjoy Roy Chowdhury (born on 3rd Nov, 1970) passes Secondary Examination from his native school Kowarpur High school, Purba Barddhaman (W. B.) in 1986. After Higher Secondary Examination as a Science student from Bolpur High School, Birbhum, he completes graduation (Hons.) and post-graduation from the Dept. of A.I.H.C & A., Visva-Bharati with special papers in Fine Arts, Epigraphy and Numismatics.In course of his professional degree B. Ed. (1995-96), he studies Indian classic language Sanskrit. His career is started with an assistant teacher of history in 1999 at Gopalpur High School, Birbhum. In 2011 A.D., Dr. Roy Chowdhury is awarded Ph.D. degree by the University of Visva-Bharati under the department of Anthropology. As a Ph. D. scholar and a member of Numismatic Society of India, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P., India, he comes under close contact with eminent numismatists. He takes the opportunity to work in association with Prof. B. Chattopadhyay and Dr. B. N. Mukherjee. As for the Museums, the Indian Museum, Kolkata; the National Museum, New Delhi; the Patna Museum (Patna, Bihar); the Trustees of the British Museum (London, U. K.) and the Prince of Wales Museum (Mumbai, Maharashtra); the Numismatic Society of India (U.P.); the Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi extend all facilities conducive to his work. Among the libraries, the Central Library, Visva-Bharati; the National Library, Kolkata; the Asiatic Society, Kolkata; the Seminar Library of the Dept. of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, Visva-Bharati would be mentioned most frequently. He is promoted to the post of headmaster, at Nunduri S C Vidyaniketan, Bankura, under W.B. Government in 2019. . At present since 2021, he is Head of the Institute of Burdwan Railway Vidyapith, Burdwan, under Education Department of W.B. Government, India.
