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1/4 Karshapana - Sunga Dynasty
| Issuer | Shunga Empire |
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| Year | 185 BC - 73 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Mitch AC#4366 |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (185 BC - 73 BC) |
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The Shunga dynasty came to power when Pushyamitra Shunga, commander-in-chief of the Mauryan army, assassinated the last Mauryan emperor Brihadratha during a military parade around 185 BC. The empire he founded issued punch-marked and cast copper coinage continuing older traditions, with little administrative urgency to distinguish the new regime's currency from what preceded it — a practical decision that makes precise attribution of individual pieces genuinely difficult across the 112-year dynasty.