Rajendra Vikrama was deposed in 1847 by Jung Bahadur Rana, the general whose coup effectively ended royal authority in Nepal for over a century, reducing the Shah kings to figureheads. Coins struck under Rajendra's name therefore span a reign that ended not by death but by forced abdication under armed pressure.
The 1/8 mohar fraction served the fine transactions of the hill trade economy, where Indian and Tibetan merchants both operated on small silver increments.
Rajendra Vikrama was deposed in 1847 by Jung Bahadur Rana, the general whose coup effectively ended royal authority in Nepal for over a century, reducing the Shah kings to figureheads. Coins struck under Rajendra's name therefore span a reign that ended not by death but by forced abdication under armed pressure.
The 1/8 mohar fraction served the fine transactions of the hill trade economy, where Indian and Tibetan merchants both operated on small silver increments.