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1 Gadyana/Padmatanka - Singhana Deva II
| Issuer | Yadava Dynasty |
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| Year | 1200-1247 |
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| Weight | 3.8 g |
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| Obverse description | Punch-marked type bearing five distinct punches applied to an irregular hammered gold flan. A central punch depicts a lotus flower (padma) in full bloom, flanked by two punches each bearing the Kannada script character 'Shri'. A further punch displays a shankha (sacred conch shell), and the fifth punch carries a Devanagari legend reading 'Sri Simghana', accompanied by a javelin device below the inscription. The punches are distributed across the flat obverse field with no border or enclosing legend. |
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| Obverse script | Kannada/Devanagari |
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Singhana Deva II ruled the Yadava kingdom of Devagiri at its territorial peak, pushing borders into Malwa, Gujarat, and deep into the Deccan. His reign is notable partly for the court it supported — the Marathi poet-saint Dnyaneshwar was writing within a generation of his rule, and Singhana himself patronized Sanskrit scholarship heavily enough that later sources identify his court as a center of intellectual production rivaling anything in contemporary northern India.
The gadyana weight standard traces back through earlier Deccan practice, with the padmatanka designation referring to the lotus-marked type. Dies for this series show considerable variation across the reign's near five decades.