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2. A Counterfeit Kuninda Gold Coin
Devendra Handa

1401, Pushpac Complex, Sector 49 B, Chandigarh – 160047

(Abstract)

The article is devoted to Kuninda coins. The Mahabharata contains numerous references to the Kunindas as a people having hundreds of groups. The earliest coins of this tribe were discovered at Behat near Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh in 1837. The very first look of coins reveals that it is an attempt to copy the Kuninda silver specie. The Brahmi letters, the depiction of the goddess and the animal differ so much from the genuine specimens that even a layman can make out the differences.

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