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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dltsrq, post: 2227360, member: 75482&quot;]Gupta &amp; Hardaker recognize 625 distinct punchmarks and 649 combinations broadly grouped as &quot;Magadha-Mauryan&quot; (the Mauryan empire was the successor of the Magadha kingdom&quot;) and sub-divided into seven series. The three-arched symbol on your coin (perhaps representing a Buddhist shrine) is characteristic of GH series VI, comprising some 64 symbol combinations. At present, it is not possible to attribute any given set of symbols to any specific ruler. Some researchers have made suggestions but there is no consensus. The best that can be said with some certainty is that the coin probably dates no earlier than Ashoka, the first Mauryan ruler to profess Buddhism, but could have been issued during his reign or in that of any of his successors down to the Sunga dynasty.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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