Sarasan, Dr. Beena, Traversing Travancore Through the Ages on Coins, Poorna Publications, Calicut 2016, 210 pages, 2nd expanded edition, hardcover. This book attempts to identify coins of the erstwhile princely state of Travancore against their historical background and in the course, illustrates coins that have a bearing on Travancore history. In short, the history of Travancore is glimpsed through coins. The identification and attribution of Venad / Travancore coins on the basis of the emblems depicted on the stone inscriptions of Venad rulers and by comparison with the contemporary coinage and seals of neighboring kingdoms, was for the first time taken up by the author who has published several research papers. This book is the compilation of the outcome of painstaking research spanning two decades.
