Essays on Indian Antiquities, Historic, Numismatic, and Palaeographic

To Which are Added Tables, Illustrative of Indian History, Chronology, Modern Coinages, Weights, Measures, etc.

AvJames Prinsep,Edward Thomas

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

Del i serien Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society

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A key figure in the history of Benares (Varanasi), James Prinsep (1799-1840) was instrumental in expanding Western knowledge of Indian civilisation. After briefly studying under Pugin, he became an assay master in Calcutta in 1819, and soon moved to Benares. His talents were many, and within a few years he had completed a detailed map of the city, designed a new mint, engineered a system to improve sanitation and begun studying the inscriptions and coins that helped him to decipher two ancient scripts and to establish the dates of Indian dynasties. Collected in 1858 and edited by the numismatist Edward Thomas (1813-86), these essays are generously illustrated, often in Prinsep's hand, and display the enormous breadth of his knowledge. Volume 1 includes a short biography by his brother, along with articles on coins, relics and archaeological discoveries.

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Utgivningsdatum:2013-02-28
Mått:140 x 216 x 31 mm
Vikt:680 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
Antal sidor:542
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781108055932

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Innehållsförteckning

Preface; 1. On the ancient Roman coins in the cabinet of the Asiatic Society; 2. On the Greek coins in the cabinet of the Asiatic Society; 3. Note in Lieut. Burnes' coins; 4. Bactrian and Indo-Scythic coins; 5. The discovery of a subterranean town near Behat; 6. Coins and relics discovered by M. Ventura in the Tope of Manikyala; 7. On the coins and relics discovered by M. Ventura (cont.); 8. Further information on the Tope of Manikyala; 9. Further notes on Bactrian and Indo-Scythic coins; 10. On the connexion of various ancient Hindu coins with Grecian or Indo-Scythic series; 11. Notices of ancient Hindu coins; 12. New varieties of Bactrian coins; 13. New varieties of Mithraic or Indo-Scythic series of coins and their imitations; 14. New types of Bactrian and Indo-Scythic coins; 15. Specimens of Hindu coins descended from the Parthian type; 16. The legends of the Saurashtra group of coins deciphered.