Pallava coin devices and glyphs on Sarasvati epigraphs

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Srinivasan Kalyanaraman <kalyan97@g...> wrote:

It is good to see that the idea is percolating down that Sarasvati

civilization with about 4000 epigraphs with Sarasvati heiroglyphs may

hold the key to the devices found on many punch-marked coins and

coins

of the historical periods. Who could have minted the coins but the

metallurgists in mints?

 

What could they have tried to convey by using devices such as bulls,

elephants, tree on railing, svastika, tiger, rhinoceros (boar?),

vagina of women with spread-out thighs, woman holding back rearing

tigers, person with leg on the head of bull or buffalo and sparing

it,

tiger or antelope looking backwards and even lizards? Read the

Sohgaura copper place inscription, first line. Repertoire of early

metallurgists.

 

The code is unraveling. Read the 7 volumes on Sarasvati which

discusses the over 2000 archaeological sites on the Sarasvati river

basin waiting to be explored.

 

As Sarasvati Sarovar gets ready as a tirthasthana, with bathing ghats

and places for performing ma_tr.-tarpan.am, the story of bharatiya

culture should find a firm basis on earth.

 

Kalyanaraman

 

Ancient coins testify to integration

 

Chennai, Sept.4, 2004

 

The common motifs found on coins and seals issued by rulers of

ancient

India are indicators of the integration of the northern and southern

regions, even those days, PS Rammohan Rao, Governor, said today.

 

"It is hard to segregate the Dravidian history from the Aryan

history," as many of the coins and seals issued by Pallava rulers had

the figure of a bull or swastika mark -- symbols common on coins

linked to the Indus Valley civilisation. Moreover, the names of many

Pallava rulers seemed to have a Prakrit or Sanskrit origin.

 

He was releasing a bookn on 'The Pallava Coins' written by R.

Krishnamurthy, president of the South Indian Numismatic Society and

Editor of Dinamalar, here.

 

Excavations made by the Archaeological department, were the main

source of reconstructing Indian history, unlike as in Western

countries where historical structures, caves and paintings also

provided information.

 

In that context, Mr. Krishnamurthy's book was "singularly eminent

contribution" to the reconstruction of Indian history and would help

scholars and researchers, Mr. Rao said.

 

SP Thyagarajan, Vice-Chancellor of Madras University, said the

author,

who had collected many coins, adopted a scientific approach to

decipher the various facets of the Pallava rulers and their reign.

 

Mr. Krishnamurthy said it was not easy to source the information

required for the book. But, it was made possible with the help

extended by individuals and institutions, including the National

Museum in New Delhi and the National Museum of Sri Lanka in Colombo.

 

N. Mahalingam, industrialist and president of Ramalingar Panimanram,

said there was need to establish a museum in Coimbatore to house the

stone inscriptions found around the area. He promised financial

support for the project. R. Nagawswamy, former director of

Archaeology; Iravatham Mahadevan, former bureaucrat, and S.

Arunachalam, former Supreme Court Judge, commended the author.

 

Source: The Hindu, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2004 Tamil Nadu section, p. 5

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