Pana (Panah) is the district center of Giro District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. It is located on 33°06′08″N 68°18′40″E / 33.1022°N 68.3111°E / 33.1022; 68.3111 at 2,080 m altitude in the central part of the district. The roads towards it are in bad condition.
Coins provide not only evidence of art and economy, but also a wisdom for understanding the history and politics of a nation. As a means of communication, they speak to the political and religious ideologies that underpinned a ruler's or state's claim to power. Coinage of India, issued by Imperial dynasties and Middle kingdoms began anywhere between 6th century BCE to 1st millennium BCE, and consisted mainly of copper and silver coins in its initial stage. Scholars remain divided over the origins of Indian coinage.
Cowry shells was first used in India as commodity money. In recent discoveries punched mark 'Mudras' (Coins) of stone have been found in lost city of Dwaraka. Which is said to be existed at least 5,000 years ago. The Indus Valley Civilization dates back between 2500 BC and 1750 BC. What is known, however, is that metal currency was minted in India well before the Mauryan Empire (322–185 BCE), and as radio carbon dating indicates, before the 5th century BCE.
The practice of minted coins spread to the Indo-Gangetic Plain from West Asia. The coins of this period were called Puranas, Karshapanas or Pana. These earliest Indian coins, however, are unlike those circulated in West Asia, were not disk-shaped but rather stamped bars of metal, suggesting that the innovation of stamped currency was added to a pre-existing form of token currency which had already been present in the Mahajanapada kingdoms of the Indian Iron Age. Mahajanapadas that minted their own coins included Gandhara, Kuntala, Kuru, Panchala, Shakya, Surasena and Surashtra.
Pana or PANA may refer to:
Bel can mean:
Bel'uryuk is a village in Osh Region of Kyrgyzstan.
Nearby towns and villages include Dzhida (1.3 nm), Yangi-Naukat (5.0 nm), Imeni Chapayeva (7.9 nm) and Dzhas (3.1 nm).
Bel is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Fictional characters:
My wife died, went on that long black train,
Three years since then have come and gone again.
Had to find some way to sooth my soul,
That's when I found that Kargyraa Moan. And it goes
[First Chorus (No lyrics. Sounds from o to a in kargyraa style.)]
Walked on in to a little record store,
He had something from Tuva, said "I want it," don't you know,
By the time I met Chadaana's Kongar-ol,
Knew how to do that Kargyraa Moan.
Now I'm going on my way of life,
Sometimes we get in trouble, some times we have some strife.
Sometimes it seems so bad, people, feels like you're all alone,
That's when you want to moan that Kargyraa Moan.