Malhar

The coins appearing hereunder, relates to the Indian Token Coins of 1911 issued by Longman, presumably a British company. As is apparent fro...

In July 1996, while going through the morning new papers, I stumbled upon a news item appearing in the Times of India. The caption said “Hi...

This is an English version of my Hindi article posted earlier. Also published by Encyclopedia of Indian Coins The Bushby Coin (Click To En...

The first coin appearing above is in Gold but the quantity of gold seems minimal. This was worn around the neck as a pendant. Scholars opine...

The Coins displayed above are in Copper and very small in size. They all bear some markings. However I did not attempt to clean them properl...

Coins of Bhaliga have been found in lead as well as copper. Most of the coins bear a tree in railing as the reverse symbol. On all my coins ...

I am not averse to placing Sivamagha in around the 1st half of 2nd Century AD as for as I could visualize from the palaeography on his coin ...

Maghasiri was the founder of Magha Dynasty sometimes during the 1st Century AD as discussed in my earlier page on Maghas . All his coin iss...

After Achadasiri, we find a ruler named Dharmabhadra or Dhamabhada (as per the coin legend). The typography of Brahmi characters are almost ...

After Silalusiri, the reigns appear to have been taken over by Achadasiri. The advent of Malhar symbol " " could be seen on his is...

(Double click over the photograph for an enlargement) The earliest inscribed coins found at Malhar belong to a ruler named Silalu Siri. Pala...

After having traced the Magha’s origin at Malhar, it would be pertinent to dw ell on the mysterious “Angular Nandipada” or the Malhar Symbol...

Our Puranas (Vayu Purana) contain references to the rule of 9 rulers of Magha or Megha dynasty in South Kosala (present day Chhattisgarh) du...

As I had earlier stated, I started reading literature available with the Bilaspur Museum. It was believed that at the beginning of the Chris...

One day Mr. G.L. Raickwar and Rahul Singh, both from the local Archaeological Department, who became close friends of mine, suggested a visi...

My obsession or perhaps fascination for ancient coins started somewhere in 1984. At that time I was posted as a General Manager of the Regio...