Title :ICS Newsletter, No. 36,April-June 2005
Editor : Dilip Rajgor
ISSN : 0973-1938
Price : US $ 6 (inclusive of air postage)*
Book Info: 2005, 16 pages, , 135 x 210 mm (pb)

Contents:

• Wilfried Pieper: Mauryan Karshapana with Vaishnavite Deity, Horse and Elephant
• P. Bhatia: Indo-Sasanian Coins in Prof. Shankar Tiwari Collection
• Premlata Pokharna: A Rare Unpublished Hoard of Indo-Sassanian Coins from Kakarwa
• Admiral Sohail Khan: Mughal Mint Name Karpa or Kharpa & Pronunciation of Names Written in Persian
  

Title :Zahir-uddin Muhammad Babur - A Numismatic Study
Author : Aman ur Rahman
ISBN : 969-8890-00-9
Price : US $ 55(inclusive of air postage)*
Book Info: 2005, A-4 size, Hard Bound with fly jacket; 150 gram art paper printed in colour. 140 pages of which 37 colour plates illustrating 345 coins(hb).

Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Summary of Events of Numismatic Bearings

Chapter 3: Commentary General, Evolution of Legends, Economy and Coin Circulation, Mint Town History, Countermarked Coins, Re-attribution, Vassalage Coinage, Die Analysis and Rarity Table

Chapter 4: Catalogue Central Asian Mints - Badakhshan, Balkh, Ghazni, Kabul, Qandahar, Qunduz, Samarkand, Mintless, Mintless/Dateless

Indian Mints: Agra [including copper], Jaunpur, Lahore, Luknur, Thatta, Urdu, Countermarks, Mis-strikes and Counterfeits

Appendices:

1. Genealogical Table
2. Provenance
3. Die-numbering and rarity rating
4. Die link example
   
5. Bibliograph

Title :Asvamedha: The Yajna and the Coins
Author : Prashant P. Kulkarni
ISBN : 81-901812-5-4 (pb)
Price : US $ 6 (inclusive of air postage)*
Book Info: 2004, 25 pages, 3 colour Plates, 43 colour photos; 180 x 235 mm

Details:The book deals with hitherto unreported aspect of Indian numismatics, the coins depicting the Horse Sacrifice or the Asvamedha Yajna. The author has divided the book in two sections. The first section deals with the Asvamedha Yajna that enumerates details like the known Asvamedha performers, the Horse of the Yajna, its procurement, preparation of the Asvamedha Yajna, the procedure of Asvamedha Yajna and the Dakùina and Numismatic information from Asvamedha Yajnas. The second part catalogues coins depicting the Asvamedha sacrifice like Erikachha Coins, Malwa type coins, Coins of Sàtakarõi and Queen Nàganikà, The Gupta Coins and coins of the Malayaman Rulers of Kanchi. In the end, three colour plates illustrate all the important coins. The book is beautifully printed on art paper in full colour.

Title :Numismatic Directory of India
Author : Dilip Rajgor
ISBN : 81-901812-6-2 (pb)
Price : US $ 15 (inclusive of air postage)*
Book Info: 2004, 168 pages; 140 x 220 mm

Details:The Directory is a first-ever listing of all the aspects of Indian Numismatics in India, including collectors, scholars, museums, universities, Institutions, Societies & Clubs, Websites, Mints and Banknote Presses. The book is also appended with a select list of books and catalogues useful for collectors and common people. Also included are two useful tables for collectors. The Directory lists over 3600 Entries. .

Title :Collector's Guide to Indian Canteen Tokens
Author : Praful Thakkar, edited by Dilip Rajgor
Price : US $ 15 (inclusive of air postage)*
Book Info: 2004, 88 full colour pages; 276 colour Photos; Index; 150 x 210 mm

Details:The Book is a reference catalogue of canteen tokens issued in India since 1930. The book has catalogued canteen tokens of major establishments like mills, mints, military, railways, banks, clubs, hotels and companies who issued them. In all, as many as 294 canteen tokens have been catalogued with details like the issuer, location, metal, weight, size, shape, value, and descriptions of obverse and reverse. Color illustrations of 276 tokens have also been appended to make the Guide more comprehensive. In the end, a detailed Index lists all the establishments whose canteen tokens have been catalogued along with their catalogue numbers.

Title :Punch-marked Coins of Early Historic India
Author : Dilip Rajgor
ISBN : 81-901812-2-X (hard bound with plates on art paper)
Price : Sold Out
Book Info: 2001, xx + 221 pages, 3 Maps, 20 Figures, 2 Tables; 16 Plates, 289 b/w photos; Identification Guide; Appendices; Bibliography; 185 x 250 mm

Details:The monograph chronicles 200 years of numismatic history of the Indian Subcontinent. The period covered in book the ranges from the rise of Janapadas (States) in c. 600 BC to the rise of the Shishunagas in c. 400 BC. In writing the monograph, the author has studied 10,000 punch-marked coins and 66 coin-hoards. Based on this study, he has forwarded a Catalogue of Coins of 1,288 coin varieties in electrum, silver and copper. All these coins are classified into 83 Coin Series assignable to 17 Janapadas like Kashi, Kosala, Panchala, Shurasena, Magadha, Surashtra, Avanti, Ashmaka, Shakya and Gandhara. This attribution is a synthesis of two important factors, provenance of coins and location of ancient Janapadas during the early historic period. Consequently, the volume is classified into 12 parts, consisting 21 chapters comprising of location of Janapadas, their historical outline and coin hoards known from that region. Moreover, Catalogue of Coins lists every variety of punch-marked coins assignable to respective Janapadas. Furthermore, two appendices enlist modern forgeries and an Index of Main Symbols. Three maps locate ancient Janapadas and their respective coin hoards. Shailendra Bhandare has drawn beautiful symbols for the monograph.

Title :History of the Coinage of the Territories of the East India Company in the Indian Peninsula: and Catalogue of the Coins in the Madras Museum
Author : Edgar Thurston
ISBN : 81-901812-3-8 (pb)
Price : US $ 11 (inclusive of air postage)*
Book Info: 2003, 123 pages, 20 Plates, 176 b/w photos; Index to Plates; 140 x 220 mm

Details:The book is important for many reasons. It was written by an authority who was superintendent of the Government Central Museum. Secondly, the book was written by him when these coins were actually in circulation, and he had access to original mint records of that time. The book is so valuable that till today many scholars refer to this work of Thurston.

Title :Price Guide to Postcards of Poona
Author : Dilip Rajgor
ISBN : 81-901812-4-6 (pb)
Price : US $ 10 (inclusive of air postage)*
Book Info: 2004, 48 full colour pages, 107 colour photos; Indices; 140 x 220 mm

Details:The booklet introduces an altogether new subject to Indian readers: Picture Postcards of early twentieth century illustrating scenes of old Poona (Pune). The author summarizes the history of Poona, history of Picture Postcards in India and some important terms. The Guide to catalogue describes about illustrations, numbering, arrangement, Reverse varieties of the postcards, grading, pricing and fakes in postcards. The catalogue classifies all the postcards into various themes like barracks, bridges & rivers, forts, gardens, historical scenes, jail, landscapes, markets, monuments, mountains, race course, railways, street scenes and temples & churches. Three indices in the end list captions on postcards, publishers and printers of postcards, and printing places of postcards. The book is printed on art paper in full colour.

Title :The Price Guide to Coins of Kutch State
Author : Rohit D. Shah
ISBN : 81-901812-0-3 (pb)
Price : US $ 11 (inclusive of air postage)*
Book Info: 1999, 91 pages, 241 b/w photos; Appendices; Index; 143 x 213 mm

Details:This Guide book is an important addition for the lovers of coins of Indian Princely States in general and of Kutch State in particular. The book classifies coins of all the 18 rulers of the State and catalogues them in chronological order. The catalogue furnishes details like denominations, dates, types, varieties and the market price of all the coins. The Guide book is also important as it guides readers about the pricing of various coins and how over a period of decades the prices have increased, making thereby investment in coins a safe venture.

Title :Collector's Guide to Mughal Coins
Author : Dilip Rajgor
Price : US $ 7 (inclusive of air postage)*
Book Info: 2002, 48 pages; 93 b/w photos; 140 x 210 mm (pb)

Details:The Mughal Guide book has been designed in such a way that a beginner will be benefited by the sections on chronology, dating, and standard coin patterns of each rulers. These sections deal with important features of Mughal coins like name of the emperor, mint, date, regnal year, and where to locate them. The sections on mint epithets and mint towns are useful to advanced collectors as well as to scholars. These enlist mint towns and their respective issuers. Moreover, the Persian forms of the mint names as they appear are also appended. In all 344 mints towns have been listed with their names in beautiful Persian calligraphy. The book has become a Bible for collectors of Mughal coins.

Title :Charchit Bharatiya Sikke (Hindi)
Author : Ashok Jairaj Singh Thakur Foreword by Prof. Dr. Chandrashekhar Gupta
Price : US $ 7 (inclusive of air postage)*
Book Info: 2004, 61 pages, 116 colour photos, 135 x 210 mm (pb)

Details:This beautiful colour book illustrates some of the most discussed coins of India. The book begins with Punch-marked coins and goes right up to the Maratha period. For each of the topics under discussion, the author has allotted a couple of pages and has discussed some of the important features of coins of those periods in a very lucid language. The text has been supplemented with beautiful colour photographs. Every beginner will be benefited with this book which is specifically written for them in their own language.

Title :ICS Newsletter, No. 35,Jan-March 2005
Editor : Dilip Rajgor
ISSN : 0973-1938
Price : US $ 6 (inclusive of air postage)*
Book Info: 2005, 16 pages, , 135 x 210 mm (pb)

Contents:

• Narendra Kothari: Double Karshapana Punch-marked Coins of Katra Hoard;
• Chandrashekhar Gupta: Bavana: A King or City-State?;
• Premlata Pokharana: A Rare Hoard of Indo-Sassanian Coins from Khijuria, Rajasthan;
• S. Mohanchand Dadha: How I Acquired the 5 Tola Mohur of Ahmad Shah Bahadur;
• Dilip Rajgor: 5 Tola Karpa Mohur of Ahmad Shah Bahadur.
  

Title : ICS Newsletter, Nos. 1 to 20
Editor : Dilip Rajgor
ISSN : 0973-1938
Price : US $ 12 (inclusive of air postage)*
Book Info: April 1990-May 1993, 86 pages,
275 x 205 mm (pb)

Title : ICS Newsletter, Nos. 21 to 34
Compiled By : Dilip Rajgor
ISSN : 0973-1938
Price : US $ 12 (inclusive of air postage)*
Book Info: July 1993-October 2004, 89 pages,
275 x 205 mm (pb)

Contents: Including Contents, Author Index & Title Index

Title : The Pallava Coins
Author : R. Krishnamurthy
Price : US $ 45 (inclusive of air postage)
Book Info: 2004, 196 pages in full color ,
280 x 210 mm (pb on art paper)

Details: The Author has collected data for the book from museums in London, Colombo, New Delhi & Chennai. Apart from these he himself has a substantial collection of these coins & from various private collections that were carefully studied to undertake the difficult task of classification & attribution of the coins of the Pallavas, attractively illustrated in the monograph.

Title : The Coinage of Assam, Vol. II Ahom Period
Authors : N.G. Rhodes & S.K. Bose
ISBN : 81-901867-4-4
Price : US $ 25 (inclusive of air postage)
Book Info: 2004, 139 pages+ 36 plates ,
285 x 245 mm (hard bound on art paper)

Contents:

1. Historical Introduction
2. Numismatic History of the Ahom Kings
3. The Monetisation of Assam
4. The Minting of Ahom coins
5. Final Demonetisation of Ahom Coins

Appendices:

1. Catalogue of Ahom Coins
2. A Die study of Ahom Coins
3. Forgeries of Ahom Coins
4. The Inscriptions on the Ahom coins/Chronicles
5. Notes on the Rarity & value of Ahom Coins
6. Bibliography