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How does the numismatic evidence of the period reflect the political and economic outlook of the Kushanas and the Satavahanas?
- UPSC 2016
- Post-Mauryan Period
Coins are not merely a medium of exchange; they are state-issued statements, carrying the ruler's chosen image, metal, script, and deity to every hand that touched them. Read this way, Kushana and Satavahana coinage reveal two contrasting political and economic personalities of the post-Mauryan world — a cosmopolitan, bullion-rich, trans-continental empire in the north-west, and…
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- Kushana Coins as a Statement of Imperial Wealth
- Kushana Coins as a Statement of Kingship
- Satavahana Coins and a More Modest, Regional Economy
- Satavahana Coins, Maritime Trade, and Political Assertion
- The Limits of the Evidence
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