Assam is located in north-east India. History The museum was instituted in 1940 and has since made every effort to incorporate every aspect of the lifestyles of Assamese community. The reconstructed tribal huts where one can walk right through them and examine them are result of such efforts. It is one of the biggest multipurpose museums in the country. The museum has separate sections for archaeology, epigraphy, numismatics and iconography. Open from 10 am to 5 pm (summer) upto to 4.30 pm (winters) and closed on Mondays, IInd & IVth Saturdays. The museum permits photography only after obtaining permissions. A Pictorial Walk Through Numismatic Gallery Assam State Museum (Main Entrance) Adjacent Director's Office Two Different Entrance To The Numismatics Gallery Inside The Gallery Early Minting Process Coin Photographs Coins of Lakshmi Simha Coins of Gaurinath Simha Some Non Assamese Coins Elongated Naga Coins Coins of Jayantia Tribes and Tripura The lighting, both inside and outside the display cases along with the glass and mirrors (to see reverse of the coins inside the cases) were not conducive for photography. If anybody cares, high resolution version of the above photographs will be available in my website's photo gallery from tomorrow onwards.
This museum I would like to visit, thanks for the photos. When I was in India I was unable to travel to Assam, visas were difficult to obtain. They minted some great octagonal coins from about 1600-1900 AD. Here is a silver 1 rupee from my collection, dated 1683 Saka Era (Rajesvara Simha).
You're welcome. I recently got interested in collecting coins of Assam and Cooch Bihar after buying a book from the museum about regional numismatic study. Here is my one and only Assamese coin Rajeshvara Simha 1/2 Rupee 1751-69 AD
I would love to visit that museum it looks wonderful, thanks for sharing your trip with us KR I dont think I have any coins from Assam in my collection but will hopefuly one day :hail:
Assamese coins are very hard to get even in Assam, as are the rest of the coins of north east India. I bought mine off Ebay.
Hi! I'm the author of the Creounity Time Machine date converter. A couple of days ago I've decided to add Kutch and Assam coin date converters to my webapp. I saw that a lot of foreign collectors love these coins, so those converter will be of use for them. I'm hereby asking acanthite : may I use an image of your coin as an example in my converter? I promise to provide links for both Assam and Kutch converters as soon as they'll be ready.
Well, both converters are done, they're: Kutch: http://apps.creounity.com/time_machine/en/index.php?go=kutch_ips.php Assam: http://apps.creounity.com/time_machine/en/index.php?go=assam_ips.php I did use the acanthite's image, so if it's not ok, I'll remove it. That is by far the best picture (in sense if image resolution and quality) I've found, hence it's a good example to look at for not-experts in Assamese coins.
Very good Inscriptor If you are willing to entertain suggestion; the Bengali numeral '5' in your converter doesn't resemble to what we Bengalis or Assamese use.
Thank you, kidromeo! Would you be so kind as to attach a pic of the "5" 's shape which is more correct? I'll be able to add it then.
Oh... This is a nowadays Bengali "five". This form is shown in the Bangladesh section (http://apps.creounity.com/time_machine/en/index.php?go=bangladesh.php). In the Assam section I've shown those variants of numerals which were common for coins of that (old) time
