num_pages: 209
description: About the Book: Kusana Coins and History The scions of a Central Asia's nomadic tribe (called Yueh-chi)KUSHANAS descended upon the plains of northern India - sometimearound the first century after Christ. And gradually built a greatvastly extensive empire in the Yamuno-Gangetic region. But owingto a marked deficiency of indigenous literary sources Kushanahistory has continued to be the sport of conjecture. Or for thelast 200 years or so an area of chroniclers' debate involvingscholars: both Indian and European. A numismatist of internationalrenown Dr. P.L. Gupta examines myriad coins of the Kushanasincluding some of the very recent finds to convincingly resolvethe chronological puzzles of these Indo-Scythian kings: from theirvery rise in mid-second century ad to their final extinction incirca 370 ad. Corroborating the conclusions of his lifetimeresearch on coins with inscriptional material he elicits freshevidence on various important aspects of Kushana history: rangingfrom span of their era to the domains of their political authority.Barring the inclusion of two papers written by Dr. SarojiniKulashreshtha this volume is an exquisite presentation of Dr.Gupta's writings on numismatics and related historical aspects. Nowoffered with highly representative visual material extensivebibliographic references and an elaborate introduction thesepapers when pieced together evolve a stimulating framework forthe scholars working on Kushana history.
language: English
title: Kushana Coins and History
publisher: D.K. Printworld