Indian Coinage app is a numismatic catalog. All coins from India, presented with pictures, descriptions and more useful information: metal, size, weight, date, mintage. Our coin collecting app will help you to collect indian coins, create your own collection, identify coin by date of issue and check your knowledge with interesting quiz! Ancient Indians were the earliest issuers of coins in the world, along with the Chinese and Lydians. The first Indian coins punch marked coins called Puranas, Karshapanas or Pana were minted in the 6th century BC by the Mahajanapadas. These included Gandhara, Kuntala, Kuru, Panchala, Shakya, Surasena, and Saurashtra.