Coins from the Ikshvaku period were found in Telangana

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Officials of the Department of Archeology and Museums have unearthed a coin hoard at Fanigiri Buddhist site in Suryapet district.  Director of Excavations N.K.  Sagar and co-excavator B.Sc.  The team led by Mallu found a ceramic vessel measuring 16.7 cm in diameter and 15 cm high on March 29 at a depth of two feet.  3,730 lead coins were found with the symbol of elephant on one side and the symbol of Ujjain on the other.  According to archaeologists, these coins belong to the Ikshvaku period, between the third and fourth centuries.