Description
Catalogue of the Coins in the Indian Museum Calcutta, Vol. 1 by Vincent A. Smith is a detailed scholarly inventory of the museum’s numismatic collection. The book systematically documents various coins from different periods of Indian history, including ancient, medieval, and Mughal eras. Smith provides descriptions, classifications, and historical contexts for each coin type, offering valuable insights into India’s economic, political, and cultural past through the study of currency and monetary artifacts. Catalogue of the Coins in the Indian Museum Calcutta, Vol. 2 by H. Nelson Wright is a comprehensive numismatic reference published by the Indian Museum and Clarendon Press between 1906 and 1907. This volume focuses on the coinage of the Delhi Sultanate and contemporary Indian dynasties, offering detailed descriptions and classifications of coins from these periods. It is part of a four-volume series that documents the extensive coin collection housed in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, and includes contributions from other scholars such as Vincent A. Smith and John Allan. Catalogue of the Coins in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, Vol. 3 by H. Nelson Wright (originally published 1908; often titled Coins of the Mughal Emperors of India) is a rigorous numismatic reference detailing the Mughal coinage collection at the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Spanning 360 pages and including 22 plates, Wright categorizes and describes coins from emperors such as Babur to Aurangzeb, providing classification, inscriptions, metal, weight, and historical context. This foundational work remains a key resource in Mughal-era numismatics
