Treasures of India: Ten Gandharan Coins from the Ashmolean
In this LHI Circle exclusive, leading numismatics expert and curator, Dr Shailendra Bhandare takes us to the North-West frontier province, into Gandhara. We trace cultural encounters with Greece through coins— a valuable source of information for this period. Dr Bhandare picks ten most important numismatic specimens in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK.