الإنجليزية 1443

The present volume contains 31 essays which have significant bearing on history, culture, art, architecture, religion, iconography, language, orthography, palaeography, geography, metallurgy, coin-technology, movement of peoples, migration of motifs, etc. The studies include the much debated crested figure of punch-marked and Ujjain coins; Vatasvaka coins found from the Taxila region; many new types and varieties of copper and lead coins bearing the Brahmi legend Kadasa; an up-to-date data of Pratishthana coins; coins of Gomitra of Mathura; eight different versions of legends on the silver Kuninda coins; coins of the Trigartas including some found from Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan; orthographic peculiarities of Yaudheya and other coins; coins from Maheshwar; coins of the city-states of Hathodaka and Kuraghara/Kuraraya; many new coins and seals/sealings like those of Magha, Sivaghoshaka, Bhavaraja, Dhavalapa, Sarangapanideva, Sura-Varmmana, Vijayamitra, etc.; coins from Kashmir showing lion as Siva's vehicle instead of Nandi; new and interesting evidence regarding the Aulikaras and their associates; and several others. Corroborative literary evidence has been searched and cited in each case. The work is adequately illustrated with some latest finds. Devendra Handa is well-known to numismatists and art historians. Presently he is the Chief Editor of the Numismatic Digest. He has authored more than a dozen books and edited an equal number of volumes, some jointly with others. His books published earlier by Aryan Books International include Jaina Bronzes From Hansi (2002); An Epic Pilgrimage: History and Antiquity of Pehowa — Ancient Prithudaka (2004); Sculptures From Haryana: Iconography & Style (2006); Tribal Coins of Ancient India (2007); Sculptures from Punjab (2011); Facets of Art, Iconography and Numismatics (2021) and Chitresvara-Siva Type Coins: Classification and Attribution (2022).