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In the treasure room of the Sakra king : votive coinage from Gandhāran shrines / Waleed Ziad.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ziad, Waleed, author.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (300 p.) ill
- Other Title:
- In the Treasure Room of the Sakra King
- Place of Publication:
- American Numismatic Society
- Summary:
- The remarkable discoveries of over 300 new varieties of local copper currency from the Sakra region in northwestern Pakistan, covering a 700-year period, have opened up new vistas in the study of Gandhara in late antiquity. This monograph introduces the native Sakra copper coinage, which can be dated from ca. 500 to 1100, corresponding to the Nezak, Turk Shahi, Hindu Shahi, and Ghaznavid periods.
- ISBN:
- 0-89722-737-9
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