- The Kushan Empire (1st-3rd century CE) had a flourishing economy and issued extensive coinage. - They were famous for their gold coins (dinara), but their copper coinage was even more abundant and widely circulated as the currency for daily transactions. - These copper coins carried various images, including rulers and numerous deities from Indian, Greek, and Iranian pantheons.
The largest number of copper coins in northern and north western India were issued by
Asked in UPPCS Prelims 2005 · Topic: Post-Mauryan Period (Foreign Incursions and Rule: Kushanas (Kujula Kadphises, Kanishka, and successors))
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