HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Silver and copper
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Lead and silver
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Gold and lead
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Bronze and gold
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Detailed explanation-1: -1 Answer. (b) During the rule of Maurya Dynasty Silver and Copper were used for minting coins.
Detailed explanation-2: -Coinage and the Mauryas The liberty to use two different metals for coins was granted, and hence coins in silver and copper were very popular.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mauryan coins were similar to Early Kingdoms punch mark silver coins. However, Mauryan coins often contained five punches and a sun emblem in those punches. The Mauryans minted coins that were largely silver and a few copper pieces of metal in a variety of forms, sizes, and weights.
Detailed explanation-4: -During Mauryan empire, Gold coins were referred as Suvarnarupa, Lead coins as Sisarupa, Copper coins as Tamrarupa and Silver coins as Rupyarupa by Chanakya, the then prime minister of the first Maurya Emperor, Chandragupta Maurya. Then came the Indo-Greeks, the Kushans and the Saka-Pahlavas.
Detailed explanation-5: -Silver coins were found in four denominations viz. ‘pana’, ‘ardha-pana’, ‘pada’ and ‘asta-bhaga’ or ‘ardhapadika’. These coins were issued from the mints of the Mauryan Empire as per ‘Arthasastra’.