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1 Kasu - Muttu Krishnappa Madurai Nayaks
| Issuer | Madurai Nayak Kingdom |
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| Year | 1601-1609 |
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| Value | 1 Kasu |
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| Reverse script | Tamil |
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| Mintage | ND (1601-1609) |
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Muttu Krishnappa Nayak ruled Madurai for roughly eight years before dying without a clear succession, triggering a prolonged dynastic struggle that destabilized the kingdom well into the mid-17th century. These copper kasu were struck under a regime that remained formally subordinate to the Vijayanagara empire even as that empire was fragmenting after the catastrophic defeat at Talikota in 1565 — the Nayaks governed as governors-turned-sovereigns in a political limbo that their coinage quietly reflects.