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On the Ancient Coins and Measures of Ceylon

	On The Ancient Coins And Measures Of Ceylon by T W Rhys Davids
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With a discussion of the Ceylon date of the Buddha`s death.

This book on the numismatic history of Ceylon commences with references found about coins in Buddhist literature “ like the Mahavamsa, the Dhammapada, the Jatakas, etc. The book proceeds to offer further notices on the weights and measures employed in the country “ measures of weights, length, distance capacity etc. Part 3 of this work gives a history of Ceylon under the kings whose coins are extant. The next part gives a description of the coins. The concluding part f the book gives the Ceylon date of the Buddha`s death. This work is a reprint of the 1877 edition, and has one plate shewing 24 coins in obverse and reverse ISBN :8120611888

Pages : 70