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History and Culture of Gujarat..
have been discussed and highlighted with special referens all the details regarding obverse and reverse of the coins execution and craftmanship, system of depicting king's tradition of giving father's name of the issuer with royal originality of mentioning date on the coins year-wise, intei tation of symbols and significance of the Greek leger.ds
18 A complete catalogue of Kshatrapa coins have 1 prepared painstakingly for the first time, which includes y wise Śaka date, name of the issuer either in the Kshatrap Mahākshatrapa capacity, its reference plus wherever poss its registered numbers as well as Rapson numbers.
19 It is for the first time here that this writer has p tively pointed out with the help of literary and archeolog sources that the famous temple of SOMANATHA was origin built during 2nd or 3rd century A.D., and not in the 5th 6th century AD, as has been so established
20 The name of the currency, prevalent during this per as KĀHĀPANA is definitely determined here discard other names like Kushanamüle, Suvarna, Rudradāma Khattapaka etc.
21 After Burgess the detailed and very minute but co prehensive account of the caves particulary Bāwā Pyāră a Uparkot caves has been elaborately given for the first ti throwing more light on: (a) presence of two Lion heads on ea side of the entrance which no doubt helps us in fixing 1 date of this caves, (b) existence of eight sacred symbols Jaina religion on two of the door-frames, (c) regarding exi measurement of some rooms and water tank etc. The date the caves has also been fixed very precisely.
22 Dates of Talājā caves and Boriā stūpa have also be mentioned very precisely.
23 A detailed account of Iconography of Gujarat has rece ed proper attention and many new things have been highligh alongwith a good deal of discussion on handicrafts of Gujai
