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1 Falus - Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah [Gurkha Occupation] Kumaon
| Issuer | Kingdom of Kumaon (Indian Hindu Dynasties) |
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| Year | 1770-1799 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a central Arabic-script legend in two lines, separated by a prominent horizontal bar or sword motif dividing the field. The lower portion of the reverse features a row of pellets arranged in a curved line near the rim, forming a decorative border element characteristic of Almora mint issues. The script, rendered in Nasta'liq style, likely carries the mint name or regnal year. The overall design is typical of the crude but vigorous hammered copper coinage produced under Gurkha administration at Almora. |
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| Mint | Almora, India |
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Kumaon fell to Gurkha forces around 1790, ending the long rule of the Chand dynasty and folding the region into the expanding Nepal kingdom under Pratap Singh Shah and his successors. The Gurkha administration struck copper falus in occupied territories partly to assert fiscal control and partly out of practical necessity — the existing Chand coinage was too irregular to sustain commerce across newly consolidated hill territories. Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah, who came to the throne as an infant in 1799, lends his name to this type, though effective power rested entirely with the regent Bhimsen Thapa.
Kumaon remained under Nepalese control until the Anglo-Nepalese War of 1814–16 forced its cession to the East India Company under the Sugauli Treaty.