Essays on Indian Antiquities, Historic, Numismatic, and Palæographic, of the Late James Prinsep: To which are Added His Useful Tables, Illustrative of Indian History, Chronology, Modern Coinages, Weights, Measures, Etc, Volume 2J. Murray, 1858 |
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Ajmír alphabet ánás ancient Antiochus Apollodotus ARIAN LEGEND ARIAN LEGEND:-Máhárajasa Arian letters Ariana Antiqua Asoka Assay Bactrian Bayley Benáres Beng Bengal Bombay Brereton British Museum Buddhist bullion Calcutta Capt cent chaplet character coinage Copper currency Dámá device Dihlí ditto Dynasty Eucratides Farrukhábád rupees figure Girnár gold coins gold muhr grains Greek Gupta Haidarábád head of king Heliocles Hemidrachma Hindú imperfect India Indo-Scythian inscription James Prinsep Jour Kapurdigiri Kotá Kshatrapasa Kufic Madras Máhárajasa Mahatasa Major Cunningham másha mints mohurs Monogram Nepál numerals Numismatic OBVERSE original pá'í paisá Pálí Paropamisada Pehlvi Persian Plate prince Prinsep pure Rájá reign REVERSE Rudra Rudra Sáh rupee Sanskrit Sassanian Satrap Semitic Shah sikká rupees silver coins Skanda Gupta spear specimens standard struck Súrat symbol Table tolás Tradatasa Vonones vowel weight word ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ الله دو سنه محمد
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