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1/2 Karshapana - Shivamitra

Issuer Panchala Kingdom (Janapadas (pre-Mauryan))
Year 200
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Value 1/2 Karshapana
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Reverse script Brahmi
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Edge Plain
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Shivamitra was one of several local rulers operating in the Panchala region — roughly modern Uttar Pradesh — during a period when the Mauryan imperial structure had collapsed and successor powers had not yet consolidated. The punch-marked and cast copper issues attributed to these rulers represent the continuation of a coinage tradition that predates the Mauryas but persisted well into the post-Mauryan fragmentation. MACW 4509 is a catalogued reference within Mitchiner's system, though attribution of specific rulers within the Panchala series remains contested among specialists due to the overlapping use of symbols across dynastic lines.

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