#IndianCoin

The history of the #IndianCoin traces back to Ancient India in 6th century BCE. Ancient India was the earliest issuers of coins in the world. Arthashastra c.300BCE of Chankaya mentioned "Silver coins as Rupyarupa, Gold coins as Suvarnarupa. #IndianCoinage #IndianHistory

Historical Coin of Raja PrithviRaj Chauhan (Prithvi Raja III) of #ChahamanasDynasty or #ChauhanDynasry of Ajmer & Delhi. #PrithvirajChauhan #IndianCoin #IndianHistory

A silver coin of 1 karshapana of King Mahapadma Nanda (345-321 BCE). #IndianCoin #IndianHistory #NandaEmpire #NandaDynasty #IndianEmpires

C 1876": Historical Map of Sikkim in northeastern India extracted from map prepared by Trelawney Saunders. #Sikkim #SikkimKingdom #SikkimStatehoodDay #SikkimFoundationDay

This Postage Stamp was issued in 1951 to mark the centenary of The #GeologicalSurveyOfIndia, It depicts #StegodonGanesa, a mammal found in the Siwalik Hills of India 5.3 to 1.8 million years ago. It is a distantly related to the mammoth and the modern elephant. #IndianStamp

@TripuraTourism @Bharathgyan @sanjeevsanyal C. 1150-1164:: Gold coin of Vigraha Raja IV of the #ChahamanaDynasty or #ChauhanDynasty. Lord Rama holding bow and arrow. “Sri Ra Ma” in Devanagari & “Srimad vigra/ha raja de/va” in Devanagari. #IndianCoin

The history of the #IndianCoin traces back to Ancient India in 6th century BCE. Ancient India was the earliest issuers of coins in the world. Arthashastra c.300BCE of Chankaya mentioned "Silver coins as Rupyarupa, Gold coins as Suvarnarupa. #IndianCoinage #IndianHistory

The English word, "Cash", is derived from the Sanskrit word, kārsha. The punch-marked coins were called "Kārshāpaṇa". The word Rupiya is derived from the #Sanskrit word Rupa, which means "wrought silver, a coin of silver" (#Rupyarupa). #IndianCoin #IndianCoinage

The #BrahmiScript is the earliest writing system developed in India after the #IndusScript. It is one of the most influential writing systems. All modern #IndianScripts & most of the scripts found in Southeast Asia are derived from Brahmi. Example of Brahmi written in #Prakrit.

One of the earliest Punchmarked Coin of #GandharaJanapada, one of the 16th #Mahajanapadas of #AncientIndia. Period: C. 600-500 BCE. Region: Takshila-Gandhara. Material: Silver. Weight: 11.38 gm. #IndianCoin #IndianCoinage #PunchmarkedCoin

Tribute to the great visionary leader and the first President of India Dr. #RajendraPrasad Ji on his death anniversary. A commemorative postage stamp was issued on Dr. Rajendra Prasad on 13-05-1962. #IndianStamp

A Commemorative postage stamp was issued on the death anniversary of Legendary Revolutionary #ChandraShekharAzad on Feb. 27, 1988. #IndianStamp

A special set of postage stamps on 50th anniversary of #IndoPakWar1965 'Valour & Sacrifice - issued on 15 Sep. 2015. #IndianStamps

Map of #Baluchistan. Imperial Gazetteer of India (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1908-1931) #IndianMap #IndianHistory

A Commemorative Postage Stamp issued in 1961 on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, founder of the Great #MarathaEmpire. #ShivajiMaharaj #ShivajiJayanti

#DidYouKnow? The World's first Air Mail was started in India from Allahabad to Naini during the #MahaKumbh. World's 1st official #Airmail flight service began in India on 18th Feb 1911.

Portuguese Colonial Dominions in India and the Malay Archipelago. Between 1498-1650. #IndianMap

Tribute to '#BharatKokila' #SarojiniNaidu on her birth anniversary. A great poet and #FreedomFighter. 13-02-1964: A commemorative postage stamp issued on the 85th Birth Anniversary of Sarojini Naidu. #IndianStamp

A Commemorative postage stamp issued in 1962 on #SwamiDayanandSaraswati, the founder of #AryaSamaj. #IndianStamp

C.1975s:: Stamps released on the occasion of World Hindi Convention & World Telugu Conference, Both these stamps depict the photograph of the12th century image of Goddess Saraswati. #IndianStamps #GodOnStamp

1858s:: Map of The #BengalPresidency, later reorganized as the #BengalProvince was once the largest subdivision of #BritishIndia. At its peak, the presidency extended from the present day #KhyberPakhtunkhwa in the west to Burma, Singapore and Penang in the east.  #IndianMap