About the Book:-The author reveals that on three sides India is protected from invasion; by the Himalaya Mountains on the north, and on the east and west by the sea. But on the north-west side, along the line of the Indus, i.e., is open to attack. On this side she was successfully invaded in ancient times by the Persians, the Greeks, and the Indo-Scythians. On this side also, in modern times, she was successfully assailed by the Turks under Mahmud Ghaznavi and Muhammad Ghori, and by the Mongols under Babar. The flourishing period of Indo-Scythian rule also lasted for all out three centuries, or from B.C. 26 down to the end of the third century A.D. when it came into contact with the rapidly growing power of the Gupta dynasty of N. India. In the present account the author proposes to treat at some length of the three centuries of the more flourishing period of Indo-Scythian rule previous to the rise of the Gupta Empire. For this period we possess not only a profusion of coins but also a considerable number of inscriptions. For the later period of almost four centuries, from about A.D. 300 down to the advent of the Muhammadans, the materials are comparatively scanty. The coins indeed are numerous, but they are unfortunately of uncertain dates, and their inscriptions, even when expressed in Indian characters, are either limited to single letters or to general titles which give but little useful information. In the following account he has aimed at giving a description of all the known coins of the Indo-Scythians together with such historical notices as he has been able to gather from various sources. About the Author:-Major General Sir Alexander Cunningham KCIE CSI (23 January 1814 – 28 November 1893) was a British army engineer with the Bengal Engineer Group who later took an interest in the history and archaeology of India. In 1861, he was appointed to the newly created position of archaeological surveyor to the government of India; and he founded and organised what later became the Archaeological Survey of India. He wrote numerous books and monographs and made extensive collections of artefacts. Some of his collections were lost, but most of the gold and silver coins and a fine group of Buddhist sculptures and jewellery were bought by the British Museum in 1894. He was also the father of mathematician Allan Cunningham. The Title 'COINS OF THE INDO-SCYTHIANS, SAKAS & KUSHANS written/authored/edited by A. CUNNINGHAM', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121222198 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 363 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in ENGLISH. . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-
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