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Indus Valley Trade and Coinage Insights by Anmol Tanwar is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The Indus Valley Civilization had an advanced trade network, exchanging materials like copper, gold, wood and carnelian with distant lands. They used a uniform weights and measures system and established settlements near resource regions. Seals and artifacts provide evidence they traded as far as Mesopotamia and Oman. Coinage was first introduced in India in the 6th century BCE by rulers of Mahajanapadas who minted coins in their city-states, though cowry shells were also used as currency. The Mauryas estab
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- Anmol Tanwar
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- EN