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1 Jital - The Chahamanas – Sri Ha
| Issuer | Chahamana (Chauhan) Dynasty |
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| Year | 700-800 |
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| Composition | Billon (Silver content 220 to 010 as per samples observed, variation in silver purity) |
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| Obverse description | Stylized bust of the king facing right in the field, rendered in a highly schematized Indo-Sasanian manner derived from earlier drachm prototypes. Flanking the portrait to the left are two Devanagari characters reading 'Sri' and 'Ha', serving as the royal epithet and dynastic identifier. The effigy is heavily stylized, with facial features reduced to abstract linear forms characteristic of late Chahamana coinage. The flan is irregular and slightly off-center, consistent with hand-struck production of the period. |
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| Mintage | ND (700-800) - Type 1 - ND (700-800) - Type 2 - ND (700-800) - Type 2.4 - ND (700-800) - Type indeterminable - |
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The Chahamanas of Shakambhari — the dynasty later romanticized as the Chauhans — rose to regional dominance in the Sapadalaksha territory of what is now Rajasthan, and their early coinage reflects a transitional economy still negotiating between inherited Gupta-era monetary conventions and the practical demands of expanding regional power. The "Sri Ha" type belongs to this formative phase, before the dynasty's later conflict with the Ghurids that would end at the Second Battle of Tarain in 1192.
The billon composition, with silver content varying so dramatically across specimens, points to recurrent metal shortages or deliberate debasement at the local mint level — neither unusual for early medieval north Indian coinage, where silver supply was chronically constrained by trade disruptions along western routes.