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1 Karshapana - Agnimitra
| Issuer | Panchala Kingdom |
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| Year | 80-100 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The fire deity Agni depicted standing facing, his figure rendered in low relief in the characteristic early Indian provincial style, posed upon a decorative railing or vedika. A tall architectural pillar or stambha flanks the deity on each side, framing the central figure symmetrically. The flan is irregularly shaped, as typical of cast coinage of the Panchala Kingdom, with the design occupying the majority of the available field. The surfaces display the characteristic broad, slightly convex fabric of northern Indian copper coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse lettering | 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀦𑀺𑀫𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀭 |
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Agnimitra was the second ruler of the Shunga dynasty, better known from Kalidasa's Sanskrit play Malavikagnimitra than from his coins. The Panchalas, operating from their base around Ahichhatra in what is now northern Uttar Pradesh, issued punch-marked and cast bronzes across a span of rulers whose exact sequence remains contested among scholars — Mitchiner's attribution to Agnimitra specifically rests on monogram analysis that not all specialists accept.
The Shunga-Panchala interface of this period is genuinely murky, with regional authority fragmenting rapidly after Pushyamitra's death around 148 BCE.