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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 25245593, member: 42034&quot;]I know next to nothing about Indian coinage but would like to know more.</p><p>Your coin looks beautiful by the way.&nbsp; What is the size &amp; rarity? Are they all this expensive?</p><p><br /></p><p>Are there any good books covering these?</p><p><br /></p><p>=================================================</p><p><i>-- from wiki:</i></p><p><i><b>Kanishka I</b> , <b>Kanishka</b> or <b>Kanishka the Great</b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanishka#cite_note-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanishka#cite_note-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a> was an emperor of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushan_dynasty" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushan_dynasty" rel="nofollow">Kushan dynasty</a>, under whose reign (c. 127–150 CE) the empire reached its zenith.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanishka#cite_note-6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanishka#cite_note-6" rel="nofollow">[6]</a> He is famous for his military, political, and spiritual achievements. A descendant of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kujula_Kadphises" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kujula_Kadphises" rel="nofollow">Kujula Kadphises</a>, founder of 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 empire</a>, Kanishka came to rule an empire extending from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Asia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Asia" rel="nofollow">Central Asia</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhara" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhara" rel="nofollow">Gandhara</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pataliputra" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pataliputra" rel="nofollow">Pataliputra</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangetic_plain" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangetic_plain" rel="nofollow">Gangetic plain</a>. The main capital of his empire was located at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Peshawar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Peshawar" rel="nofollow">Puruṣapura</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peshawar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peshawar" rel="nofollow">Peshawar</a>) in Gandhara, with another major capital at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathura" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathura" rel="nofollow">Mathura</a>. Coins of Kanishka were found in Tripuri (present-day <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabalpur" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabalpur" rel="nofollow">Jabalpur</a>).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanishka#cite_note-7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanishka#cite_note-7" rel="nofollow">[7]</a></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Although he never converted to the religion, his conquests and patronage of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism" rel="nofollow">Buddhism</a> played an important role in the development of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road" rel="nofollow">Silk Road</a>, and in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road_transmission_of_Buddhism" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road_transmission_of_Buddhism" rel="nofollow">transmission of Mahayana Buddhism</a> from Gandhara across the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakoram" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakoram" rel="nofollow">Karakoram</a> range to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" rel="nofollow">China</a>. Around 127 CE, he replaced <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koine_Greek" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koine_Greek" rel="nofollow">Greek</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bactrian_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bactrian_language" rel="nofollow">Bactrian</a> as the official language of administration in the empire.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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