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  1. The Gupta gold coins were known as
    1. Dramma
    2. Karsapana
    3. Dinar
    4. Niska
Correct Option: C

The Gupta gold coins were known as Dinar. The world's first coins were Greek, made in Lydia about 640BC. The earliest Indian coins were silver, and it was not until about 100 AD that the Kushan emperor Vima Kadaphises introduced the first Indian gold coin, which was a gold dinar bearing the image of Shiva. So India's history of issuing gold coins dates back almost 2,000 years.



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