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5 Shana
| Issuer | Shakya, Republic of |
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| Year | 600 BC - 500 BC |
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| Value | 5 Shana |
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| Reverse description | Plain, uniface reverse with no devices, marks, or inscriptions. The surface is rough and irregular, retaining the natural texture of the cast silver flan, typical of early Indian punch-marked coinage of the janapada period. |
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| Mintage | ND (600 BC - 500 BC) |
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The Shakya republic — a small oligarchic janapada in the Terai foothills of what is now southern Nepal — is better known today as the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama than as a monetary authority. These punch-marked pieces predate Buddhist canonical chronology and were likely struck under the very political administration into which Gautama was born, possibly within a generation of his birth around 563 BC.
The weight standard traces to the Puranic rati seed system, with the shana unit a recognized denomination within the broader kahapana tradition circulating across the Gangetic plain.