How to Classify a Coin in India based on its type

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How to Classify a Coin in India based on its type
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• The history of Indian coins begins at around
  600BC when different Janapadas started issuing
  coins for their respective territories. Some of
  the oldest coins in India were issued by Gandhara
  Janapada and Magadha Janapada.
• Ancient coins of India issued by Indian empires
  such as Guptas, Satavahanas and early invaders
  such as Kushans are also extremely beautiful.

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• Medieval India coins issued by the Muslim
  Sultanates and Mughals mostly featured Persian
  legends. Other independent kingdoms such as
  Marathas, Sikhs, Ahom, Mysore, Vijayanagar also
  issued wonderful coins with distinct designs and
  inscriptions.
• Big empires were broken down into several smaller
  princely states, each of which started
  circulating coins of their own. Princely state
  coins of India issued by Bhopal, Alwar,
  Bhawnagar, Gwalior are popular among
  numismatists.

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• The third major category of Indian coins is
  termed as colonial coins. These coins were issued
  and circulated by the different European powers
  which colonised different parts of India such as
  Dutch East India Company, British East India
  Company, Danish East India Company, French East
  India Company etc.
• England started officially issuing Indian coins
  after the revolution of 1857. Most of the British
  India coins featured a side profile effigy of the
  Monarchs who reigned at the time of issuance.

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• Finally, the fourth category of coins in India is
  called republic India coins. These coins were
  issued after India got independence on 15th
  August 1947. 1 pice was the smallest denomination
  you will find with respect to modern coins of
  India.
• Five rupee and 10 rupee coins in India are the
  latest ones that are being circulated currently.
  There are reports that a 20 rupees coin will also
  soon be introduced.

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• As a collector, if you own a Coin in India, then
  it can be easily categorised into the
  above-mentioned four groups and each category has
  several more sub-categories.
• If you really like collecting Indian coins, then
  you will have to analyse each and every category
  closely and then dive deep into their history.
  When you start upgrading your knowledge, you will
  eventually be able to upgrade your collection as
  well.