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INDEPENDANT KINGDOMS
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From early times Assam was a significant region in Indian history, yet not much is know about its coinage before the third quarter of the fifteenth century A.D. The earliest coins are those that were issued from Tripura by the ruler Ratnamanikya in 1467. Since then, the coins were issued uninterruptedly till the last quarter of the nineteenth century.
Other coins of Assam were issued by the Ahom, Koch, Kachari and Jayantia dynasties which were closely related to one another. The Ahoms invaded Brahmaputra valley from their former home in the Shan States in 1228. Soon hereafter they firmly established their power in the upper parts of the valley. In course of time Ahom rulers adopted Indian names for themselves along with their Ahomese names. The earliest coin was issued by the king Su-Seng-Pha (Jayadhvaja Singh) in 1648. The Ahomese rulers gave their coins an entirely original octagonal shape, which is said to have been chosen in accordance with a passage, in the Yogini Tantra, which describes Kamarupa as being eight-sided. |
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Silver Rupee, Gadadhara Simha, Supatpha
(SE 1603-1618/1681-1696AD), SE 1681, lion and bird type,
10.9g. (KM 30). |
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Rs. 5000
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Silver Rupee, Rudra Simha, Sukhrungpha
(SE1618-1636/1696-1714AD), SE 1620, 11.3g. (KM 40). |
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Rs. 600
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Silver Rupee, Shiv Simha, Suthanpha
and Queen Sarveshvari, (SE1637-1666/1715-1744AD) SE1661,
(KM 112) 11.4g. |
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SOLD
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Rs. 800
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Silver ¼ Rupee, Rajeswara Simha, Suprempha (SE1673-1691/1751-1769AD),
SE 1676, 2.8-2.9g. (KM 132).
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SOLD
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Rs. 500
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Silver Rupee, Rajeswara Simha, Suprempha
SE 1675, 11.4g. (KM 133). |
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SOLD
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Rs. 750
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MARATHAS |
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The rise of the Marathas began in the seventeenth
century under the strong leadership of Chatrapati Shivaji
Maharaja who rose from the ranks of a soldier in service
of the Golkonda Empire, he went on to establish his
own kingdom. While he established his power in the north,
his brother Venkoji established himself in the south,
at Tanjore. While the authority of the former later
passed into the hands of the Peshwas, the members of
Ekoji’s family continued till the middle of the
nineteenth century.
With the usurpation of power by Balaji, the Peshwa Maratha
power grew and a great Maratha confederation formed. In
1695 it reached its zenith and dominated Central India
and influenced the north and east of the country. |
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Copper 1 Paisa, issued by Satara Rajas in the name
of Chhatrapati Shivaji , ND , probably Satara,
9g. (KM 188).
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Rs. 50
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Silver Rupee in the name of Aurangzeb,
(AH1068-1118/1658-1770 AD),
Chikodi , ND , 11.2g.
(KM 96). |
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Rs. 400
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Silver Rupee, in the name of Aurangzeb,
Nipani , 11.4g. (KM 202).
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Rs. 400
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Silver Rupee, in the name of Shah
Alam II, (AH 1174-1221/AD 1759-1806) , Ahmedabad,
AH 1xxx/35, 11.6g. (similar to KW & M T4b). |
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Rs. 400
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Silver Rupee, in the name of Shah Alam II,
Athni Shahjahanbad , AH 1181/15, 11.2g. (KM
70).
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Rs. 700
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Silver Rupee, in the name of Shah Alam II, Aurangnagar
Mulher, with devnagari
Mu 11.1g. (similar to KM T3).
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Rs. 1500
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Silver Rupee, in the name of Shah
Alam II, Bagalkot , Dar-ul-Khilafat
Shahjahanabad, xx81, 11.1 g (KM 82). |
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Rs. 400
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Silver Rupee, in the name of Shah
Alam II, Bagalkot,
AD 1819, 11 g (KW & M T3, KM 271). |
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Rs. 400
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Silver Rupee, Bhoslas of Nagpur in the name of Muhammad
Shah (AH1131-1161/1719-1748AD) Chanda,
Surat in barborous form, 10.7g. (KM 5 ).
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Rs. 350
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Silver Rupee, issued by Patwardans of Miraj in the
name of Mohommad Shah, Shah-i-Zaman type, Sarkar Torgal,
Narsinpur,
11g. (KM 255).
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SOLD
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Rs.500
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Silver Rupee, in the name of Ahmed Shah Bahadur (AH
1161-1167/ 1748-1754AD), Jhansi
Balwantnagar , 1164/4, 11.2g.
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Rs. 1500
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Silver Rupee, in the name Alamgir
II (AH 1167-1173/ 1754-1759AD), Jhansi
Balwantnagar, AH1167/Ahd,
11.2g. |
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Rs. 800
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Silver Rupee, issued by local governor Mirza Najaf
Khan in the name of Shah Alam II, Kora,
x/8, 11.1g. (KM 650).
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Rs. 400
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Silver Rupee, Ankushi,
in the name of Shah Ali Guhar, period of Baji Rao II,
x/12, Pune, 11g. |
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Rs. 250 |
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Rohilkhand
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Silver Rupee in the name of Shah
Alam II, (AH1173-1221/1759-1806AD), Sharanpur
Dar us Surur, AH 1219/46, 11g. (KW&M
T1). |
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SOLD
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Rs. 350 |
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Silver Rupee, in the name of Alamgir
II (AH 1167-1173/ 1754-1759AD), Muradabad,
AH 1168/2 (KM 76.1) 11.3g. |
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SOLD
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Rs. 250 |
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