Download or read book Lectures on Ancient Indian Numismatics written by D. R. Bhandarkar and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 1990 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comprises of 5 lectures given by the author before the public at the university of Calcutta in 1920 21. The lectures are lengthy and scholarly and discuss (i) the importance of the study of Numismatics (ii) Antiquity of coinage in India (iii) Karshapana coins and their antiquity (these are coins which are mentioned in the Jataka tales) (iv) Science of coinage in Ancient India and finally (v) The history of coinage in ancient India. Mr. Dr. Bhandarkar was the son of the greal Indologist R.G. Bhandarkar