Karshapana - Saurashtra Janapada

The Saurashtra janapada occupied the peninsula now known as Kathiawar in Gujarat, a region whose deep-water harbors made it one of the busiest maritime trade corridors on the subcontinent. These fractional silver pieces circulated in an economy already oriented toward the Arabian Sea trade routes long before the Satavahanas or Western Kshatrapas consolidated power in the region. Haaff's classification remains the primary organizing framework for these issues, as no royal name or regnal sequence has been firmly attached to the Saurashtra series.