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The southernmost tip of India, known as Kerala, had business dealing with foreign merchants who came from the middle east on wooden, sail-driven, ships. (Even today these ships weighing a few hundred tons, but mechanized, ply on this route for business).



India had spices, gums, and aromatics to offer. The payment was often in terms of foreign gold coins which were readily accepted on the basis of their bullion value. Millions of gold coins are supposed to have come to Kerala this… Continue

People have a deep interest in history, and that is why they go around the world, endure cold, heat, rain, and floods to study human past.



Coins are one of the best artifacts to study the past, mainly because they contain precious inscriptions. This is very true of a country like India which has more than 4000 years of recorded history and almost 3000 years of coinage. What is more, what is a single country known as India today was more than 1000 small and large kingdoms, many of… Continue