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1 Karshapana - Dasaratha
| Issuer | Mauryan Empire |
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| Year | 232 BC - 224 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Plain silver field with a single banker's or issuing authority punch mark centrally placed, depicting a crescent or bow-shaped symbol lightly impressed into the flan. The reverse surface is otherwise largely unadorned, with natural flow lines and surface texture characteristic of a hand-cut and hammered silver planchet. The sparse design on this face is typical of late Mauryan punch-marked coinage, where the reverse carries only a single control or validation mark. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Dasaratha inherited the Mauryan throne following Ashoka's death in 232 BC, but controlled only the eastern territories as the empire fractured rapidly among competing successors. His reign of roughly eight years represents one of the earliest phases of Mauryan dissolution. These karshapanas were struck to the punchmarked standard that had persisted across the subcontinent for centuries, with the issuing authority identifiable primarily through the banker's marks and punch sequences rather than any royal portrait convention.