Ancient Indian Coins. "ಪ್ರಾಚಿನ ಭಾರತದ ನಾಣ್ಯಗಳು.": 08/02/2011

Hindu Shahis of Gandhara ಶಾಹಿ ರಾಜ್ಯ :ಗಾಂಧಾರ ,Spalapati Deva & Samanta Deva AD 750-900

Amirs of Sind & Multan 870 -- 1030 AD

The Amirs of Sind were governors of the region of Sind which encompassed part of present-day Pakistan. The fractional silver dirham was minted in Multan by the Amir Ahmed of Khabbarid. This silver coin is one often coins which has been attributed to the Khabbarid dynasty; the coins constitute the sole evidence of the existence of the dynasty .

Gurjara - Pratihara kingdom ಗುರ್ಜರ ಪ್ರತಿಹಾರರು, Bhoja I ( 836 - 885 AD ) Adivaraha Dramma - Billon

The Pratiharas are also called as Gurjara-Pratihars, because of their origin from Gujaratra or south-western Rajasthan. They were at first local officials but were able to make out a series of principalities in central and eastern Rajasthan. They gained prominence on account of their resistance to Arab incursions from Sindh into Rajasthan. The founder of the Pratihara Empire was the greatest ruler of the dynasty, Bhoja. He rebuilt the empire and by about 836, he recovered Kanauj which remained the capital of Pratihara Empire for almost a century. His continuous conquests helped him to retain his control over the parts of Malwa and some parts of Gujarat. His territories extended to the eastern side of the river Sutlej. Following the death of the Pala King, Devapala, Bhoja extended his empire to the east also.The Pratiharas thus dominated north India for over a hundred years, from the middle of the ninth to the middle of the tenth century.

Indo Sassanian / Imitation of Hephthalitescoins AR, Dirham, 650-850 AD

Pandyas Of South India ( Medieval or Later)

Jatavarman Sundara Pandya I ( 1251 - 1268 AD ) Copper kasu .Obverse : Fishes between lamps,legend -" Ellantalaiyanan " Rev;Chola type Standing figure .

Maha Varman Vira Pandya (1335-1364 AD ) Copper -3.29 gms.

Chola Empire ,ಚೋಳ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯ Uttama Chola ( 970 AD. - 985 AD ) Silver

Perunjinga Pallavas of Sedamangalam AD 1221- 1278 .

Kadambas of Banavasi ,ಬನವಾಸಿಯ ಕದಂಬರು (circa 325 AD to 620 AD). ಕನ್ನಡ ಲಿಪಿಯ ಪ್ರಥಮ ನಾಣ್ಯಗಳು !

The Kadamba Dynasty (345 – 525 CE) was an ancient royal family of Karnataka that ruled from Banavasi in present day Uttara Kannada district. The dynasty later continued to rule as a feudatory of larger Kannada empires, the Chalukya and the Rashtrakuta empires for over five hundred years during which time they branched into Goa and Hanagal. At the peak of their power under King Kakushtavarma, they ruled large parts of Karnataka. During the pre-Kadamba era the ruling families that controlled Karnataka, the Mauryas, Satavahanas and Chutus were not natives of the region and the nucleus of power resided outside present day Karnataka. The Kadambas were the first indigenous dynasty to use Kannada, the language of the soil at an administrative level. In the history of Karnataka, this era serves as a broad based historical starting point in the study of the development of region as an enduring geo-political entity and Kannada as an important regional language.
The dynasty was founded by Mayurasharma in 345 which at times showed the potential of developing into imperial proportions, an indication to which is provided by the titles and epithets assumed by its rulers. One of his successors, Kakusthavarma was a powerful ruler and even the kings of imperial Gupta Dynasty of northern India cultivated marital relationships with his family, giving a fair indication of the sovereign nature of their kingdom. Tiring of the endless battles and bloodshed, one of the later descendants, King Shivakoti adopted Jainism. The Kadambas were contemporaries of the Western Ganga Dynasty of Talakad and together they formed the earliest native kingdoms to rule the land with absolute autonomy.

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