01076nam a2200193Ia 4500 20260814164555.0 250725s9999||||xx |||||||||||||| ||und|| 23 737.4954 SAH Sahni, Birbal The technique of casting coins in ancient india / Birbal Sahni Softcover Bombay : The Numsmatic society if india / 1945. 68 p.; 28 cm. Memoirs of the Numismatic Society of India The book investigates the methods and technology used for casting coins in ancient India. Sahni's research was prompted by his discovery at Rohtak in 1936 of an ancient mint site containing thousands of terracotta coin moulds and unfinished coins. He examines archaeological evidence from Rohtak, Taxila, Mathura, Kashi and other sites, describing different types of moulds, dies and casting processes. The work also compares Indian coin-casting techniques with methods used in China and the Roman world. Coins, Indic. Numismatics -- India. RBK 65723 65723 0 0 ddc 0 1 SNUL SNUL 2025-07-25 Donated 0.00 0 737.4954 SAH G5916 2025-07-25 00:00:00 2025-07-25 RBK Prof. Romila Thapar's Collection