Common glyptic themes in Asia Minor/Indian numismatic tradition

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A common glyptic tradition seems to bind the themes used by early

metallic mints in India and in Asia Minor. This is attested by Pallava

coins, by the finds of coins from Asia Minor in Karur, Tamilnadu,

India and by the early punch-marked coins of India and the glyphs

depicted on early coins of Asia Minor, including Thrace, Greece,

Crete, Aegina and Macedonia. The vis'vakarma artisan guild tradition

and the metal guilds tradition of bharatiyo (= casters of metal --

Gujarati) seems to find their echo not only in the numismatic history

of India but also in the early coins of Asia Minor. (This monograph is

mirrored at http://spaces.msn.com/sarasvati97 Entry: Common glyptic

themes in Asia Minor/Indian numismatic tradition). Was there an

earlier gypsy migration out of India? The key is in the proto-indic

lexeme: kavi, semant. 'smith, poet'. (Cognate, kayanian, cf.

Christensen, A.,1932, Les Kayanides . Det Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes

Sellskab, Hist.-Filos. Meddelelser XIX.2. Copenhagen).

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On 4/17/05, Srinivasan Kalyanaraman <kalyan97 wrote:

> A common glyptic tradition seems to bind the themes used by early

> metallic mints in India and in Asia Minor.