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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 4195040, member: 51347&quot;]Fascinating, [USER=98035]@Finn235[/USER] ... I have a few Ancient India coins.&nbsp; I am beginning to become much more intrigued with Ancient India due to its incredibly rich early Human and early Civilization histories.&nbsp; Additionally, the pre-History Indus Valley region has an incredibly complex history that they have yet to decifer the writings that are being found. When I read more about early Homo Sapiens, and well as other closely related Homo species, India was a major area of development.&nbsp; Very interesting.</p><p>Best,</p><p>Brian</p><p><br /></p><p>I only have one Ancient AE from the North Indian area.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1076684[/ATTACH]</p><p>INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vima Takto (Soter Megas).</p><p>Æ Tetradrachm, 21mm, 8.5g, 12h; c. AD 80-100.</p><p>Obv.: Radiate and diademed bust right, holding scepter; tamgha behind.</p><p>Rev.: BACIΛЄV BACIΛЄVΩN CΩTHP MЄΓAC; Vima Takto on horseback right, holding axe; tamgha to lower right.</p><p>Reference: Senior B17.1vT</p><p><br /></p><p>Landed 66</p><p>4. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushan_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushan_Empire" rel="nofollow">Kushan</a> empire was founded in Bactria by the Yuezhi, a group of Chinese nomadic pastoralists, after their displacement by the Xiongnu in the 2nd century BC.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>During the 1st century BCE, one of the five major Yuezhi tribes in Bactria, the Kushanas (Chinese: </i>貴霜<i>; pinyin: Guishuang), began to subsume the other tribes and neighbouring peoples. The subsequent Kushan Empire, at its peak in the 3rd century CE, stretched from Turfan in the Tarim Basin, in the north to Pataliputra on the Gangetic plain of India in the south. The Kushanas played an important role in the development of trade on the Silk Road and the introduction of Buddhism to China.</i> -wiki</p><p>Ex: [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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