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'''Parmeshwari Lal Gupta''' (P. L. Gupta) (1914 – 2001) was an Indian [[numismatist]] who collated previous research on Indian [[Numismatics]] in the post-Independence era.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://inc-cin.org/assets/pdf/articles/obituary-gupta.pdf |title=Obit |publisher=inc-cin.org |date= |accessdate=2019-11-20}}</ref>
[[File:Parmeshwari_Lal_Gupta.jpg|thumb|Dr. P. L. Gupta]]
His collated work was published as 'COINS', a book by the National Book Trust in 1969.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nbtindia.gov.in/books_detail__8__india-the-land-and-the-people__38__coins.nbt | title=Welcome to National Book Trust India}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Born on 24 December 1914 in [[Azamgarh]] in the erstwhile [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]], his education took place at Wesley High School in his hometown. His education was disrupted as he was expelled from his school in 1930 for joining a local political agitation. He turned to Hindi journalism for local newspapers. During this period, he was introduced to the study of Indian Numismatics by an acquaintance, Adv. Rama Shankar Rawat, a local collector of Indian antiquities. He soon pursued a Masters in Ancient Indian History & Culture at the [[Banaras Hindu University]], Varanasi after finishing his Intermediate and B.A. at the same university.<ref name="auto">Indian Numismatics, History, Art and Culture - Essays in Honour of Dr. Parmeshwari Lal Gupta, eds. D. W. McDowall, Savita Sharma & Sanjay Garg, 1992</ref>

==Career in Museums and Numismatics==
After completing his Masters at Banaras Hindu University, Gupta worked as an Assistant Curator at the [[Bharat Kala Bhavan]] from 1950 till 1954. During this period, he began pursuing his doctoral studies on [[Punch-marked coins]] of ancient India under Prof. V. S. Agrawala's guidance. He got his doctorate in the subject based on his thesis in 1960 while working as the Curator of Numismatics at Bombay's [[Prince of Wales museum|Prince of Wales Museum]] which he joined in 1955 and worked till 1962.<ref name="auto"/>
Later, he joined the [[Patna Museum]] in 1963 and worked there till 1972. Later, he joined the [[Indian Institute of Research in Numismatic Studies]], Anjaneri, Nasik as its first director in 1980.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web | url=https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/s2R5CDfW081tpVzzmWZ6VN/The-priceless-legacy-of-PL-Gupta.html | title=The priceless legacy of P.L. Gupta| date=2016-11-12}}</ref>

In his long career, Dr. P. L. Gupta wrote a number of monographs, books and articles on Indian Numismatics. Some of his prominent books and monographs are listed here:

# Coins (In the series-India-Land & People)
# Amaravati Hoard of Silver Punch-marked Coins.
# Early Coins of Kerala
# Roman Coins from Andhra Pradesh
# Bibliography of Hoards of the Punch-marked Coins of Ancient India
# Punch-marked coins from Andhra Pradesh Government Museum
# Bibliography of Indian Coins (4 vols.)
# Coin Hoards from Maharashtra
# Coin Hoards from Gujarat State
# A Survey of Indian Numismatography
# Coins-Source of Indian History
# Hamare Desh Ke Sikke (In Hindi)
# Puratatva Parichaya (Introduction of Archeology in Hindi)
# Bhartiya Vastu-kala (Introduction to Ancient Indian architectural monuments in Hindi)
# Prachin Bharat ke Pramukha Abhilekha (in Hindi, Epigraphy)
# Gangetic Valley Terracotta Art.
# Patna Museum Catalogue of Antiquities (Edited)
# Gupta Gold Coins in Bharat Kala Bhavan.
# Punch Marked Coins of Ancient India.
# Catalogue of India Coins in British Museum (unpublished)
# Kusana Coins and History
# Paper Money of India
# Coins and History of Medieval India – Papers of Parmeshwari Lal Gupta compiled and ed. Sanjay Garg<ref>3. ‘Obituary: Dr. Parmeshwari Lal Gupta’ – B. V. Shetti in Journal of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai JASM Vol. 76, 2001</ref>

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