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Kanya inscription (Abu) of V.E. 1498 the Delwara Surah inscription of V.E. 1506, Jaisalmer inscription of V.E. 1581 etc. are examples of the new trend towards the vernacular. Jain inscriptions in Hindi are comparatively few.
Coins :
Jain inscriptions of Rajasthan refer to the following coins and their denominations. (i) Dramma (ii) Vinshopaka (iii) Rupaka (iv) Tanka (v) Nanak (vi) Mohamadi (vii) Paruttha (viii) Dinnar and others.
Dramma was a much used coin. It was minted both from gold and silver. But silver drammas were minted in larger number, Scholar believe that Tanka, Rupaka, Vimshopaka etc. were different denominations of dramma100. The Ganita sar gives us the following values :
5 Kodis = 4 Pavisa = 5 Bisa = 4 Lohadiya = 5 Rupaka =
1 Pavisa 1 Bisa 1 Lohadiya 1 Rupaka 1 Dramma.
B. J. Sandesara opines that bisa of the Ganitasar was identical with Vimshopaka of inscriptions. D. R. Bhandarkar and Dashrath Sharma gave an other explanation101. According to them the value of Lohadiya was the same as that of Vimshopaka. Thakar Pheru equates one Vimshopaka with 1/20 of a dramma. No satisfactory explanation can, at present, be given about the comparative value of different denominations of a dramına referred to in the Ganitasar. A conjecture may be hazarded that rupaka and dramma of Ganitasar were indentical with silver and gold drammas respectively.
100. Journal of Numismatic Society of India Vol. XXII Pt. II P. 73 fn. 2. 101. Dashrath Sharma--Early Chauhan Dynasties (Second Edition) p. 303
D, R, Bhandarkar. The Charmichael-Lectures p. 208.
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