Kosala State Region, C.600-470 BC: Silver Punchmarked Coinage

Paul Laurence Murphy, born in 1949 at Reading (England), has worked in numerous countries in varied business and technological carriers. He is presently working as the Director for a Pan-European Internet provider. His main interests outside business life are History in all aspects and Numismatics in particular. He is especially interested in symbols and historical mapping which eventually led to the special interest in the Indian Punchmarked coins. He is the originator and founder member of the Ahata Project, which aims at providing a classification for the Indian Punchmarked coins and their symbols. He is a Fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society and a member of the Oriental Numismatic Society. He is married with three children of school age and resides in the Netherlands.