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Satamana - Taxila Gandhara Janapada
| Issuer | Gandhara Janapada |
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| Year | 500 BC - 400 BC |
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| Weight | 11.3 g |
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| Mint | Taxila |
| Mintage | ND (500 BC - 400 BC) |
| Additional information |
The bent-bar silver currency of Gandhara — of which the satamana is the principal weight unit — predates the Achaemenid conquest of the region but circulated through it, surviving into the period when Darius I incorporated Gandhara as one of the wealthiest satrapies of the Persian empire, reportedly assessed at 170 talents of silver annually. Whether Persian administration accelerated or merely absorbed the existing punch-marked tradition remains debated. The Taxila hoard evidence suggests continuous local production rather than imperial replacement.