Abstract
Śaśāṅka, who flourished in eastern India, was one of the most important rulers in the post-Gupta epoch. He was a rival and opponent of the Maukharis of Kānyakubja, Rājyavardhana and Harṣavardhana of Thāneśvara, and Bhāskaravarman of Kāmarūpa. Śaśāṅka is known from a large number of sources and among these coins are very important. Śaśāṅka is generally known to have issued coins made of gold only. In course of our recent exploration in the deltaic regions of West Bengal, we have, however, come across two examples of the hitherto unnoticed silver coins of Śaśāṅka. These coins were discovered along with the two other coins made of gold, and of these one belongs to Śaśāṅka and the other to a class of coin with the legend Śrī the obverse.
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