In medieval India, coins weren’t just money– they showed power, culture, and change. Each one holds a piece of history, from growing trade to shifting dynasties.

This article sets out to explain what drove D D Kosambi to take up the study of early Indian coins. Kosambi's research in numismatics beginning in the 1940s marked a radical departure in the field ...

Mac Dowall’s research into ancient coins of the Indian subcontinent, notably of the Indo-Greek Kingdom (c 200 BC-c 10 AD) , the Kushan Empire (c 30- c 375 AD), and the Shahis, a dynasty who ...

Last week, as the first of 610.000,000 new coins poured into the bazaars, India’s newspapers carried conversion tables with instructions on how to use them. Sample: “To make a payment of 36 ...