Imitations in Continuity : Tracking the Silver Coinage of Early Medieval India

Contents: Introduction: Mapping the journey of Indo-Sasanian coinage. 1. In search of beginnings: i. The Sasanian originators. ii. Enter the Huans. iii. Firuz\'s coins: replications and implications. 2. Enter: two great early medieval currencies: i. Currency in flux: from the mints of the Marauders. ii. Invaders Indianised: the spread of the Gurjara-Pratiharas. iii. Drammas and Gadhaiyas: sorting out variants. 3. Tracking the evolution of the Gadhaiya: i. More about the Gadhaiya branch of the Indo-Sasanian family. ii. Gadhaiya Type I. iii. Gadhaiya Type II. iv. Inscribed Gadhaiyas. v. Malwa Gadhaiyas. 4. The Dawn of Eastern Indo-Sasanian currency: the Chahamanas: i. The Vasudeva imitations. ii. Sri Ha coins. iii. Derivatives of Sri Ha.  5. Eastern Indo-Sasanian currency reaches its Zenith: the pratiharas: i. The Monetisation of the imperial Pratihara empire. ii. Sri Ma coins. iii. Vigrahapala Drammas. iv. Srimadadivaraha drammas. v. Vinayakpala drammas. 6. Contemporary references. Wrap up: Sifting the basket of Indo-Sasanian currencies. Bibliography. Index.