Sibi Janapada Rare Coin
Sibi Janapada, Circa 1st century BC, AE mixed alloy unit.
Obv: Swastika with taurine ends, crop plant (multi branched tree), legend around in Brahmi: Sibi Janapada[Sa].
Rev: Six arched hill.
NOTE:
The descendants of Shiva are called Shivi (S'ibi) The lineage is shown from page of an English translation of Bhagatvatpurana.
Samrat Ushinara's son was Shivi. Shivi was the name of a King and a Gana in ancient India, ruled by democratic system of administration known as ganatantra. Kshudrakas had formed a sangha with Malavas. Sibia were the people descendants of Sibi. Shivis formed a sangha with a big federation or sangha known as Jat, which is clear from Panini's shloka in grammar of Aṣṭādhyāyī. The famous Sanskrit scholar Panini of 500 BCE has mentioned in his Sanskrit grammar known as Aṣṭādhyāyī (III. 3. 19) in the form of shloka as जट झट संघाते or Jata Jhata Sanghāte. This means that the terms 'Jat' and 'democratic federation' are synonymous. Shibi (शिबी) are mentioned at various places in Mahabharata (I.59.18), (I.61.8), (I.177.15), (II.29.6), (II.48.13), (XIII.116.66). Adi Parva, Mahabharata/Mahabharata Book I Chapter 59 mentions details of Birth of all creatures starting from Brahma ....Hiranyakasipu had five sons, all famous throughout the world. The eldest of them all was Prahlada, the next was Sahradha; the third was Anuhrada; and after him were Shibi and Vashkala. Shibi is included in verse (I.59.18). Please read captions for details. These coins are exceedingly rare and are found in worn out condition but this piece has clear depiction which makes it special specimen for me! References: Jatland.com, Mahabharta.
Lineage of Shivi
(Image Courtesy: Jat Land).
Samrat Ushinara's son was Shivi. Shivi was the name of a King and a Gana in ancient India, ruled by democratic system of administration known as ganatantra. Kshudrakas had formed a sangha with Malavas. Sibia were the people descendants of Sibi. Shivis formed a sangha with a big federation or sangha known as Jat, which is clear from Panini's shloka in grammar of Aṣṭādhyāyī. The famous Sanskrit scholar Panini of 500 BCE has mentioned in his Sanskrit grammar known as Aṣṭādhyāyī (III. 3. 19) in the form of shloka as जट झट संघाते or Jata Jhata Sanghāte. This means that the terms 'Jat' and 'democratic federation' are synonymous. Shibi (शिबी) are mentioned at various places in Mahabharata (I.59.18), (I.61.8), (I.177.15), (II.29.6), (II.48.13), (XIII.116.66). Adi Parva, Mahabharata/Mahabharata Book I Chapter 59 mentions details of Birth of all creatures starting from Brahma ....Hiranyakasipu had five sons, all famous throughout the world. The eldest of them all was Prahlada, the next was Sahradha; the third was Anuhrada; and after him were Shibi and Vashkala. Shibi is included in verse (I.59.18). Please read captions for details. These coins are exceedingly rare and are found in worn out condition but this piece has clear depiction which makes it special specimen for me! References: Jatland.com, Mahabharta.
