Sangam Age Tamil Coins

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Ramasubbu Krishnamurthy (b.1933) had the distinction of obtaining the first rank in Geology in the graduate and Post-graduate kevel He is a member of professional bodies devoted to numismatics and epigraphy He had presented papers in international and national conferences He has to his credit seven books on epigraphy palaeography and numismatics, in Tamil. His other books, now fairly well known to numismatists are Late Roma Copper Coins from South Indi Karur and Mahun (1994) and Nim-Roma Ancient and Foreign Coins from Karur in Bar (2000). He was awarded the prestigious Bidulph and Desikachan medals by the Numismatic Society of India (NSI) for his discoveries of ancient Tamil Coins with Tamil-Brahmi legend. Elected as the General President of the NSI, he had the honour to preside over that society's eighty- second conference held at Pune in 1996 He the President of Tamil Nadu Numismatic Society and Vice President of the NSI and South Indian Numismatic Society: He is the Editor of Dial, a mass circulated Tamil de published from several centres He was the General Secretary of All India Newspaper Editors Conference (1991 - 1996). Krishnamurthy has travelled widely abroad He visited USSR (1979), USA. (1981) and West Germany, (1982) on invitation from the respective Governments. As a member of print media group he had gone to China (1988, 2001), Russia (2002). USA. (2002) as part of Govt of India's delegation to these countries and also went to various countries in Europe and North America, in different years, to visit Museums and meet Numismatists there.

Ever since the publication of my books, in Tamil, on Coins of Cholas of Sangam Age (1986). Coins of Peruvaluthi Pandyas (1987) and Coins of Malayumans of Sangam Age (1990) and my papers in journals on some rare foreign coins found by me in Tamilnadu for the first time some scholars in India and abroad were urging me to bring out a full-length book on the above mentioned coins. These numismatic discoveries belong to the same time span. Information about this period, particularly about Sangam Age dynasties, kings and chieftains, was hitherto known to us only through other sources like early Tamil literature. Tamil inscriptions in Brahmi script and from two rock edicts of Asoka Maurya. Now we have authentic numismatic data to supplement the literary and epigraphical sources mentioned above.

Though temptation to succumb to such well-meaning advice from scholars persisted in me for the last few years I was unable to proceed in this direction since my attention was diverted to the publication of yet another interesting and difficult subject -Late Roman Copper Coins from South India: Karur and Madurai-published in 1994.

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