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The Journal of the Bihar and Orissa Research Society

1932

Now if we turn to the other coin I decribed as Vakatakanl the main difference between that and the present coin lies in the fact that the place of the 'standard' of the Bharaiva coin is taken up by the 'wheel.' That wheel is definitely the Vakataka royal symbol on the authority of the Nachna inscriI JBORS. [...] II j COINS OF NAGA-VAKATAKA 73 tion of the reign of Prithivishena Valdtaka (Fleet Gupta Inscription plate 33 B) and on the authority of the wheel inscribed on the Dureha boundary pillar with the expression of the Viikeitakas" ( JBORS. [...] The other difference is that the symbol of the serpent (n aga) the rebus of the dynasty disappears from the Vakdtaka coin and the näga design is removed from the back of the bull where a nandipada star (four nandipadas grouped round a common neck) is substituted. [...] The Historical Value of the Coins of Nava §t o. The dynasty of Nava is known to the Puranas. [...] In other words it is clearly the name of the individual king and cannot be the mere title of the family of Nagas so well known to the Puranas.
anthropology archaeology
Pages
107
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120007
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-iii K.P Jayaswal, J.F.W James, A Banerji view
On Some Hindu Coins of Pre-Christian Centuries
i-69 K.P Jayaswal view
New Coins of Naga Vakataka Period
70-76 K.P Jayaswal view
Nava Naga in Early Indian Coins""
77-78 K.P Jayaswal view
Rajgir (Maniar Math) Stone Image Inscription
79-i K.P Jayaswal view
An Unrecorded Muhammadan Invasion of Nepal
81-95 K.P Jayaswal view
An Account of Firoz Shah Tughluq
96-107 K.K Basu view
Miscellaneous Articles
108-110 K.P.J view
The Place of Agastyasamllita in Dharmasastra Literature
111-115 Bhabatosh Bhattacharya view
Reviews and Notices of Books
116-142 T Chowdhury view
Vijayanagara Empire Sexcentenary Association
143-144 A Banerji-Sastri view
List of members of the Bihar and Orissa Research Society on 31st December 1935
145-155 A Banerji-Sastri view

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