Essays on Indian Antiquities, Historic, Numismatic, and Palaeographic: To Which are Added Tables, Illustrative...

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James Prinsep Edward Thomas

Essays on Indian Antiquities, Historic, Numismatic, and Palaeographic

To Which are Added Tables, Illustrative of Indian History, Chronology, Modern Coinages, Weights,...

James Prinsep, Edward Thomas

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Cambridge University Press
28 February 2013

Asian history; Coins, banknotes, medals, seals (numismatics)

Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society

A key figure in the history of Benares (Varanasi), James Prinsep (1799–1840) was instrumental in expanding Western knowledge of Indian civilisation. After briefly studying under Pugin, he became an assay master in Calcutta in 1819, and soon moved to Benares. His talents were many, and within a few years he had completed a detailed map of the city, designed a new mint, engineered a system to improve sanitation and begun studying the inscriptions and coins that helped him to decipher two ancient scripts and to establish the dates of Indian dynasties. Collected in 1858 and edited by the numismatist Edward Thomas (1813–86), these essays are generously illustrated, often in Prinsep's hand, and display the enormous breadth of his knowledge. Volume 2 includes essays on coins and philology, with the extensive tables and lists of historical weights and measures, and explanations of Indian chronology.

By: James Prinsep
Edited by: Edward Thomas
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: Volume 2
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 780g
ISBN: 9781108055949
ISBN 10: 110805594X
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
Pages: 620
Publication Date: 28 February 2013
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

17. Application of the early Bhilsa alphabet to the Buddhist group of coins; 18. Résumé of Indian Pali alphabets; 19. Examination of the Sah inscription from Girnar in Gujarat; 20. On the application of a new method of block printing, with notices of inedited coins; 21. Additions to Bactrian numismatics, and determination of Bactrian alphabet; Useful tables, illustrative of the coins, weights, and measures of British India; Addenda; General index.