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When did the use of punch-marked metallic coins (the earliest coinage system) begin in ancient India?

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1Around the 3rd century BCE
2Around the 6th century BCE✓
3During the reign of Kanishka
4During the reign of Ashoka

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Around the 6th century BCE

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