1 Kasu - Nayakas of Gingee

The Nayakas of Gingee were originally appointed as governors under the Vijayanagara Empire before asserting effective independence following the catastrophic Vijayanagara defeat at Talikota in 1565. This copper kasu belongs to a dynasty that controlled a strategically critical hill fortress — Gingee, later called "the Troy of the East" by the French — that would remain contested ground through the Maratha, Mughal, and eventually European colonial periods.

The 136-year span of this type's attribution reflects genuine difficulty in assigning specific issues to individual rulers within the dynasty.