Tribal coins of ancient India

Tribal coins throw a flood of light on the history, culture, religion, economy, polity, trade, commerce, technology, symbology, metrology, movements, etc. of the various tribes in ancient India. They thus enlgihten us about various aspects of the life and culture of the people in ancient India.Numismatic discoveries made from time to time, interpretations and newer techniques of analysis have rendered earliers views in many cases as obsolete and worth revision. Some new types of Agreya coins published recently throw fresh light on the religious proclivities of the Agras. Coins discovered from Nohar show the presence of the Arjunayana tribe in northeastern Rajasthan. A critical analysis of the typology and provenance of Audumbara coins reveals that the monoarchical issues of the Mitra rulers to not actually belong to the tribe, and that there was no ruler of the name of Mahadeva belonging to the Audumbara stokc, thus rendering the old calssification of their coins as outdated. By Devendra Handa. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [273]-280) And Index.