Ghaznavid bilingual coinage
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The coins of Mahmud Ghazni struck in India with Arabic and Sanskrit legends on obverse and reverse respectively, show a number of varieties in so far as the legends, the dates and the lettering and its arrangements are concerned.[1] Ghaznavid control largely continued in the existing administrative system. Thus Ghaznavid coins issued in North western India have bilingual legends written in Arabic and Sharda scripts . Some carry Islamic titles together with the portrayal of the Shaiva Bull, Nandi and the legend Shri samta deva. The reference in the latter remains ambiguous . A dirham struck at Lahore carries a legend in the Sharda script and a rendering in colloquial Sanskrit of the Islamic Kalima.[2][3]
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References
- ↑ A pageant of Indian culture: art and archaeology, Volume 2 By Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya, Published by Shakti Malik, p. 41
- ↑ Somanatha: the many voices of a history by Romila Thapar, Penguin Books, p. 40, ISBN 978-1844670208
- ↑ "The COININDIA Coin Galleries: Ghaznavids". Coinindia.com. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
