| | | Silver Punch Coins of the 3rd Century B.C. | Here are examples of
the World's earliest
coins. These were
punched and chopped
in silver often with
a sun figure.
In the late 4th
century BC,
Chandragupta Maurya
conquered the kingdom
of Magadha ( modern
Bihar province ) in
the lower Ganges
Valley. The
conqueror's famous
grandson, Asoka
(reigned from 274-232
BC ), expanded his
rule virtually
throughout the
subcontinent before
converting to
Buddhism and
renouncing violence.
Prior to the Maurya
the lower Indus
Valley had
experienced a
significant although
brief intrusion by
the Hellenistic
armies of Alexander
the Great in 326-325
BC. Beginning in the
Second century, the
Bactrian Greeks,
Scythians (called
Sakas), Parthians,
and Yueh-chi ( called
Kushans ) overran
northern India in
succession. About AD
320 another Indian
conqueror called
Chandragupta restored
imperial dominion
over the entire
subcontinent under
the name of the Gupta
dynasty.
The Guptas continued
their control for
more than two
centuries before
succumbing to a new
wave of incursions
from the north by a
Turko-Mongol group
called the White
Huns, or Hephthalites.
The Price is for the
quantity of ONE.
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