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Gandhara Mahajanapada was on of the sixteen Mahajanapadas in ancient India, listed in Buddhist literature Anguttara Nikaya. Taxila was the capital of Gandhara Mahajanapada.

This coin is attributed to Gandhara Mahajanapada and which are considered as oldest issued coins of Indian subcontinent. This punch marked coin (PMC) is denoted as bent bar or Double Sigloi. This coin made of Silver and value is Shatamana, so it commonly known as Silver Shatamana. Gandhara symbols visible at both ends of the bent bar, known as Hexa-radiate symbol or 6-armed symbol. Reverse is blank. Some scholars beloved that this bent bar made by the Persian Achaemenid Empire.

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