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Other sections in the museum:

• Coins: The earlist known Indian coins is called Puranas. They are known to have been in circulation during the third century BC or even earlier. They are of three different kinds: Impressed (punch-marked), die-struck and cast. Punch-marked puranas are usually of Silver, rarely of Copper. Die-struck and cast puranas are mostly of Copper. All three kinds are found in all parts of the country. Specially authorized local authorities or persons issued the puranas. The influence of Greeks and Romans led to the development of Greeko-Buddhist coins and Roman coins in Northern India. The Western Satraps issued coins made of silver. The Guptas and the Kushanas issued coins in Gold and Silver. The earliest South Indian coinage was a modification of the Puranas and seems to have belonged to about 3rd century AD. The Cholas seemed to have been the first southern dynasty to issue coins. The Pandyas and the Cheras used copper and possibly little silver. The eastern and the western Chalukyas and Gangas issued gold coins.The Muslim coinage of India was first appeared in the 11th century AD. Silver and copper were chiefly used gold was occasionally used. In the early 19th century the Mughal and Maratha empires collapsed and with the development of the British supremacy, British-Indian coinage based on the silver rupee gradually came into universal use.



• Contemporary Art: In the history of Indian art, during 19th century, the ideals and the techniques of the art of the west began to trickle into it. During this period Ravi Varma emerged with paintings of popular mythological themes. The technique was purely western. At this stage, Abanindranath Tagore came on the scene seeking to fuse the new techniques with Indian ideals of art. Through his great disciples like Nandalal Bose, Devi Prasad Roychowdhury etc. spread to major centres of art and flourished. It was in 1850, the school of Arts and Crafts was established at Madras followed by similar schools at Calcutta in 1854 and at Bombay in 1857. Devi Prasad Roychowdhury came south to be the Principal of the school of Arts and crafts and stayed for three decades to be the mentor of a whole generation of artists. Along with the greater influx of influence from the west, there was a greater awareness of the need to look into our own ancient achievement and our own immemorial folk styles.



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• Muttom: A microlithic site: Muttom is a hamlet of Kadaiyapattinam village in Kalkulam Taluk near the seashore. On the sand dunes a number of microlithic stone tools were discovered. These were in the form of cores, flakes, blades and knives. These tools were used in fishing and hunting during 4000 B.C.



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