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A Chera coin with legend "Makkotai" A number of coins, assumed to be of the Cheras, which are mostly found in the bed of the Amaravati River in Tamil Nadu, are a major source of early Chera historiography. [24] These include punch-marked coins. Square coins of copper and its alloys or silver have also been discovered.
The Chera dynasty was the prominent power during this time with the Ay dynasty in the south and Mushika dynasty in the north. After the fall of the second Chera kingdom, a lot of small feudal kingdoms emerged.
Chenkuttuvan (c. 180 CE [1]), literally 'the Righteous Kuttuvan', [4] title Kadal Pirakottiya, [5] identified with Kadalottiya Vel Kezhu Kuttuvan, [6] was the most celebrated Chera ruler of early historic South India. [7] [8] He is also mentioned in Chilappathikaram, the Tamil epic poem purportedly composed by Chera prince Ilanko Adikal. [6]
Kuttuvan Kotai (Tamil: குட்டுவன் கோதை), also spelled Kothai/Kodai, [1] was a Chera ruler of early historic (pre-Pallava) south India. [2] [3]Silver coins bearing a portrait facing right with Tamil-Brahmi legend "Ku-t-tu-va-n Ko-tai" have been discovered from Amaravati riverbed in Karur, central Tamil Nadu.
A ceramic pot turned into a jackpot for a woman on a walk in the Kutnohorsk Region of the Czech Republic. While out on a stroll, the woman happened upon a roughly 900-year-old stash of more than ...
Using the new coins—and the independent dating of the coins, thanks to additional artifacts found nearby—to help highlight those style shifts should help set up a distinct timeline for the daric.
The obverse of these coins bear the image of the goddess holding lotus stalks, surmounted by two elephants pouring water. Initially these were thought to be votive offerings. but now scholars are unanimous that they were indeed coins. [1] They are early coins of the Chera Dynasty from about 500 BCE found in Kandarodai.
A coin issued by Gaius Caesar - also known as Caligula - decorated with a portrait of the Empress Agrippina and dated to A.D. 37-38 sold for about $9,295, according to the BBC.Another coin, issued ...