ESSAYS ON INDIAN ANTIQUITIES, HISTORIC, NUMISMATIC, AND PALAEOGRAPHIC Volume Vol. 2nd

About the Book:-Indian numismatics has a key place within world numismatics. It started about two centuries ago when many Indophiles started studying Indian coins which were almost three millennia old by that time. There was very little literature begin the study with, and a number pioneers had to work hard to make sense out of the tens of thousands of unidentified coins. James Prinsep was one of the pioneers. While totally inadequate and outdated, the book continues to have great value to Indian numismatists because of the historical background and material contained in it. A key figure in the history of Benares (Varanasi), James Prinsep was instrumental in expanding Western knowledge of Indian civilisation. After briefly studying under Pugin, he became an assay master in Calcutta in 1819, and soon moved to Benares. His talents were many, and within a few years he had completed a detailed map of the city, designed a new mint, engineered a system to improve sanitation and begun studying the inscriptions and coins that helped him to decipher two ancient scripts and to establish the dates of Indian dynasties. Collected in 1858 and edited by the numismatist Edward Thomas (1813–86), these essays are generously illustrated, often in Prinsep's hand, and display the enormous breadth of his knowledge. Volume 1 includes a short biography by his brother, along with articles on coins, relics and archaeological discoveries. Volume 2 includes essays on coins and philology, along with explanations of Indian chronology. This book is nicely Illustrative of Indian historical chronology, modern coinages, weights and measures etc. About the Author:-James Prinsep FRS (1799 – 1840) was an English scholar, orientalist and antiquary. He was the founding editor of the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and is best remembered for deciphering the Kharosthi and Brahmi scripts of ancient India. He studied, documented and illustrated many aspects of numismatics, metallurgy, meteorology apart from pursuing his career in India as an assay master at the mint in Benares. Philip Edward Thomas (1878 – 1917) was a British poet, essayist, and novelist. He is considered a war poet, although few of his poems deal directly with his war experiences, and his career in poetry only came after he had already been a successful writer and literary critic. In 1915, he enlisted in the British Army to fight in the First World War and was killed in action during the Battle of Arras in 1917, soon after he arrived in France. A Study Centre dedicated to Thomas is located at Petersfield Museum in Hampshire. The Title 'ESSAYS ON INDIAN ANTIQUITIES, HISTORIC, NUMISMATIC, AND PALAEOGRAPHIC written/authored/edited by JAMES PRINSEP, EDWARD THOMAS', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121226677 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 622 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in ENGLISH. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:- Vol. 2nd