Coin Gallery-I

The Coin Gallery-I is also named as Pre-Islamic Coins. The display includes earlier form of money which were used before the evolution of coinage such as Courie Shell, Indus Seals, Ratti Seeds; Punchmarked Coins, chronological display covering different dynasties starting from Indo Greeks to the Hindu Shahis – the coins issued before the advent of Islam in Subcontinent.

The gallery educates the visitor about the weight and measurement system used in the sub-continent, the routes used for trading in ancient times.