Railways General Awareness The Gupta Empire Sample Paper The Gupta Period Sample Test Paper-4

  • question_answer
    The Gupta gold coins were known as

    A)  Dramma          

    B)  Karsapana

    C)  Dinar   

    D)  Niska

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    [c] The Gupta gold coins were known as Dinar. The world's first coins were Greek, made in Lydia about 640 BC. The earliest Indian coins were silver, and it was not until about 100 AD that the Kushan emperor Vima Kadaphises introduced the first Indian gold coin, which a gold dinar was bearing the image of Shiva. So India's history of issuing gold coins dates back almost 2,000 years.


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