The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 38, September 23, 2007, Article 6

NUNISMATIC ART OF INDIA BY B. N. MUKHERJEE

The following is taken from the publisher's press release about
a new two-volume work by B.N. Mukherjee titled "Numismatic Art
of India".

"Vol. 1: Numismatic Art of India: Historical and Aesthetic
Perspective - is the first of the publication entitled Numismatic
Art of India: Documentation of Materials. This volume deals with
the numismatic art of India up to c. AD 1835. The modern age in
Indian coinage commenced in about that year. The present treatise
is divided into ten chapters and three appendices. While all the
chapters are written by Prof. B.N. Mukherjee, appendices I, II
and III are written respectively by Dr. Sabita Sharma, Dr. S.
Suresh and Dr. Danish Moin, and revised and rearranged by Prof.
Mukherjee. There are (a) List of Abbreviations and (b) Select
Bibliography. Numerous plates at the end illustrated several of
the points discussed in the preceding pages.

"This volume contains a comprehensive history of art in Indian
coins during the early and mediaeval periods. It embodies the
first ever attempt in this directions. It is expected that the
present treatise will be well received by the academic world.

"Numismatic Art in Mediaeval India (Second Phase) - The Coins
of the Mughals and their Contemporaries / 10. Epilogue. Vol. 2:
An Album of the Masterpieces of Indian Coins. This Illustrated
work is the second of the four volumes. The present volume contains
an Album of Masterpieces of Indian coins. The Album includes
photographs of excellent Indian coins of early and mediaeval
periods (with some exceptions). Each photograph is provided with
a caption. The relevant coins are significant for the study of
numismatic art of early and mediaeval India. The Album is expected
to be of great help to the students of art and coins and also to
the interested public."

For more information on Numismatic Art in India, see:
Numismatic Art in India

For a list of the publisher's other books on Numismatics, see:
Other Books

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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