[Buddha-l] PRABHU'S WEB PAGE ON INDIAN COINAGE

[curt]

A friend of mine is really interested in Roman-Indian contacts. He tells 
me that something like half of all known Roman coins have been found in 
India.
- Curt

jkirk wrote:

> http://prabhu.50g.com/index.html Fascinating website on ancient coins 
> of Indo-Greeks, Sakas and Parthians, etc on to the Guptas and 
> beyond........the Kushanas represented the Buddha and Buddha-Maitreya 
> on some of their coins, along with many other deities.
> http://prabhu.50g.com/indogrek/igrk_cat3.html  On this page some clear 
> coinage representations of the famous King Menander, of Milindapanha 
> fame.
>
> Some folks on the list might enjoy poring over these fragments of 
> ancient history.
> I did....only experts can vouch for the accuracy of some of the 
> descriptive information on this site, unfortunately I cannot.
> Joanna K.
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