Question

20 mark question plc give answer what do you understand by punch mark coins?

Answer 1

Punch mark coins was the first coins of India between 6th century.During the Mauryan period, punch-marked coins continued to be issued in large quantities. Shortly after the establishment of the Mauryan dynasty in Magadha, the Magadha kingdom morphed into the Mauryan Empire. Similarly, the coinage of the Mauryan Empire was a continuation of the punch-marked coinage of Magadha. Each coin contained on average 50–54 grains of silver depending on wear and 32 rattis in weight Manusmriti,[1] and earlier coins are flatter than later coins. Punches on these coins count to 450 different types with the most common the sun and six-armed symbols, and various forms of geometrical patterns, circles, wheels, human figures, various animals, bows and arrows, hills and trees etc. Many are barely discernible for what they could be.