Ancient Vedic Kashmiri Coins Discovery

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Ancient coins unearthed in J-K :

 

India News > Srinagar, Dec 17 : Ancient coins belonging to the era

of Hindu kings Harsha and Kalsha have been unearthed by some

labourers during construction work at Watnar near Kokernag in

Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir.

 

An earthen urn containing the copper coins weighing 16.3 kgs and

dating back to at least 10 centuries were found by the labourers a

few days back when they were working on the plinth for construction

of a religious school, the Department of Archaeology, Archives and

Museums (AAM) said here today.

 

Describing them as "priceless", an AAM spokesman told

reporters, "the coins are of Hindu period and were in vogue during

the reign of Harsha and Kalsha." The urn was handed over by the

labourers to Deputy Commissioner Ananantag who handed them over to

the department. The department did not give the actual number of

coins in the urn but said research would be conducted to decipher

the language inscribed on them as also to find out the exact age.

 

"We will conduct a survey in the area to explore the things of

archaeological importance," the spokesman said adding the work on

the site has been stopped.

 

The present finding together with earlier findings of terracotta

material at Letpora and Kalbhairava of Maha Kailashwar at Qabayarr

in Pulwama is the third of its kind claimed by the department this

year. PTI