Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Falus - Madan Simha Deva Kingdom of Champaran
| Issuer | Kingdom of Champaran (Madan Simha Deva) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1450-1460 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Devanagari |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
The Kingdom of Champaran occupied the Terai foothills of what is now northern Bihar, a transit zone between the Gangetic plains and the Nepal hills that made it perpetually contested. Madan Simha Deva ruled during a period when smaller Hindu kingdoms in this corridor were under sustained pressure from the expanding Jaunpur Sultanate to the west. Local copper coinage of this type served regional markets where Delhi and Jaunpur issues circulated only unevenly.
Mitchell's attribution in NI#205 remains the primary scholarly anchor for this type, reflecting how thinly documented Champaran's numismatic output is relative to its neighbors.