🏮COINS IN SOUTH INDIA
📍 Some of the punch-marked coins found in various parts of South India have been identified as dynastic issues on the basis of their symbols.
📍 For example, coins found in a hoard at Bodinaikkanur near Madurai had a double carp fish—the symbol of the Pandya kings.
📍 In recent years, there has been increasing evidence of dynastic issues (some with portraits) with legends of the Cholas, Cheras, and Pandyas.
📍 Coins with the legend Valuti have been assigned to the Pandyas.
📍 Silver coins with the portrait of a Chera king and the legend Makkotai have been found in the Krishna riverbed near Karur.
📍 There are also coins with the legends Kuttuvan Kotai and Kollippurai along with the Chera symbols of the bow and arrow and the double fish and tiger.
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