Growth of Trade and Commerce in Koch kingdom: A Numismatic Study

Abstract

The study of coinage and economy of any area has its own appeal. As they were not much affected by external influences so they often proceed along their own line and thus had significance for people trying to determine the general patterns of economic life. Koch kingdom an erstwhile princely state had its own series of coinage and it was extensively used in day to day transaction in the kingdom and adjoining areas. The introduction of a regularized currency revolutionarily transformed the mode of transaction and ushered a new era in the growth of trade and commerce in the kingdom. In this write up we will discuss the role of Koch currency in the expansion of trade and commerce in the kingdom and thus try to comprehend the economic atmosphere in the Koch kingdom.