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The Journal of the Bihar Research Society

1949

The coins of Sasanka may in style and provenance be common with the coins of the imperial Guptas but the designs on the obverse and reverse of the coins of Sasanka disprove any dynastic connection between him and the Gupats. [...] The period that elapsed between Jayanaga and Sasanka both kings of Gauda could not be long as is clear in the context of the history of the period and the characters on the coins and inscriptions. [...] In Allan's expert opinion the issuer of the coins which bear the reverse legend `sri prakandayasah and have `jaya' beneath the king's arm on the obverse may be connected with Sasanka." After comparing the coins of 'Jaya' and Ssanka the learned scholar concludes "It is clear from the resemblance of the reverses that the coins of Jaya and Sasanka are closely connected" (4) Naga appears to be an [...] (ii) Tye acee s.sion and confine4s of sasanka In view of the paucity of materials at our disposal it is impossible to state in detail the exact course of events of Sasanka's assumption of the soverigntv of the Gauda empire. [...] B. R. S. Karnasuvarna in about 602 A. D. when we know that he was contemporary of Harsa in 606 A. D. The prosperity of Gauda under Sasanka is indirectly proved by the coins which are of finer metal than those of Javanaga and one of them is `unique for its purity of metal fabric and weitht.' The reverses of the coins of Java-and Sasanka treat the same subject the abhiseka (1) but on the coins of
anthropology archaeology
Pages
117
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120007
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-x B.P. Sinha, S.C. Sarkar, Kalikinkar Datta view
Sasanka
111-154 B.P. Sinha view
Some New Light on the Gahadavalas of Kanauj: The Kasiraja of the Prakrtapaingalam and his Chief Minister Vidyadhara
155-160 Dasharatha Sharma view
A Note on the Word Navakoti in the Title Navakoti Karnata Kalavaragesvara
161-164 R Subrahmanyam view
Calcutta Oudh Correspondence relating to Jahandar Shah 1788 A.D.
165-174 Kali Datta view
The First Attempt to open a Public Granary in Tirhoot in the Regime of the East India Company (Based on the Muzaffarpur Collectorate Records)
175-182 Surajdeo Narain view
The Central Executive from 1784 to 1833
183-198 Sachchidananda view
The Rape of Indian Ships in the Indian Waters 1612
199-212 Jagadish Sarkar view
Proceedings of a Meeting of the Council of the Bihar Research Society held on the 17th July 1949
i-v unknown view

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