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1. Indian Coins Museum Curtsy Reserve Bank Of India A richness you would like to preserve.

2. The Indus valley civilization of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa dates back between 2500 BC and 1750 BC. There, however, is no consensus on whether the seals excavated from the sites were in fact coins. Seals of Mohenjo-Daro

3. Seals of Mohenjo-Daro Seals of Mohenjo-Daro Punch Marked Coin, Silver Bentbar Seven Symbols

4. Five Symbols

7. Indo-Greek Coins

8. Coins of the Kushans

9. Coins of the Satavahana

10. Coins of the Satavahana

11. Coins of the Western Kshatrapas Rudrasimha I, 180-196 AD

12. Viradaman, 234-238 AD Coins of the Western Kshatrapas

13. Coin of the Yaudheyas

14. Coins of the Guptas King as Horseman It is described that in Mourya Era – one could sense vapors of Gold - such a richness

15. King as Lion Slayer

16. King & Queen Type

17. Fan-Tailed Peacock

18. Seated Lakshmi

19. Bull & Horseman

20. Coins of the Cheras 11th - 13th Centuries

21. Coins of the Cheras 11th - 13th Centuries

22. Padmatankas, Coins of the Yadavas of Devagiri 12th - 14th Centuries

23. Coins of the Alupas of Udipi 11th - 13th Centuries

24. Coins of the Cholas 9th - 13th Centuries

25. Poetic legends (largely eulogistic) were introduced on coins by the Guptas (3 rd to 6 th Century AD). For instance, the horseman type coins of the Guptas carried the following legend in poetic meter: Guptakulamalachnadro Mahendrakarmajito i.e. 'The Spotless Moon in the firmament of the Gupta family, invincible, valorous as Mahendra, conquers the enemy'.

26. Roman Aureus of Augustus Roman Find in South India

27. Byzantine Find in South India

28. Roman Find in South India

29. Coin of Nasiru-d-din Mahmud 1246 - 1266 AD Coins of the Delhi Sultanate

30. Coins of the Delhi Sultanate Coin of Ghiyasu-d-din Balban 1266 - 1287 AD

31. Coins of the Khiljis

32. Silver Coin, Malwa

33. Pagoda, East India Company inspired by the coins of the Vijayanagar Empire

36. Coins of the Mughal Empire Mohur-Akbar One Rupee-Sher Shah Suri(Afghan) Mohur-Humayun

37. Mohur-Aurangzeb Mohur- Farrukhsiyar

38. The East India Company carried on the tradition of poetic couplets. This mohur struck in the name of Shah Alam II at Mursheedabad carried the following couplet Sicca zad bar haft kishwar saya fazle ilah Hami deen-e- Muhammed Shah Alam Badhshah Coins struck by the defender of the faith, Shah Alam by the Grace of God, May it be current throughout the seven climes With the issuance of the English type of coins in 1835, this tradition gradually came to an end. Couplet Coin

39. Chatrapati Shivaji

40. Silver, Pune Mint

41. Coins of Avadh

42. Coin of Hyder Ali Rupee of Tipu Sultan

43. Coins of the Sikh

44. Coins of Hyderabad Ashrafi Rupee 8 Annas 4 Annas

45. Coins of Datia State Coins of Faridkot State Some Coins of other Princely States

46. Coins of Udaipur Rupee Half Rupee One Fourth Rupee One Eight Rupee One Sixteenth Rupee Not to the scale

47. Mohur struck in the name of Shah Alam II, Murshidabad Mint Two Pagodas in vogue in Madras Presidency The Surat Rupee Suratee

48. Additional informtion on this will be available on Reserve Bank of India’s Official site on following URL http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/index.html The Indian culture has assimilated imprints of history and different cultures to reach where it is right now. A Unity in Diversity. Biggest democracy in the World – aspiring to be a major power in the world – what makes it possible?