How do coins narrate history?

1.	How do coins narrate history?
Answer» (i) The coins made by different rulers using metals like gold, silver, copper are important sources of history. (ii) From these coins we learn about the rulers, the period they ruled in, governance, religious ideas, personal details and use of language in that period. (iii) Similarly, we also learn about the financial transactions and economic conditions, the advancement in metallurgy prevailing at that time. (iv) From the images of Ram-Sita on the coins of Emperor Akbar or Shiva Parvati on the coins of Hyder Ali we see religious co-ordination of those days.

Answer»

(i) The coins made by different rulers using metals like gold, silver, copper are important sources of history.

(ii) From these coins we learn about the rulers, the period they ruled in, governance, religious ideas, personal details and use of language in that period.

(iii) Similarly, we also learn about the financial transactions and economic conditions, the advancement in metallurgy prevailing at that time.

(iv) From the images of Ram-Sita on the coins of Emperor Akbar or Shiva Parvati on the coins of Hyder Ali we see religious co-ordination of those days.

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