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1 Kasu - Sri Vira Madurai Nayakas
| Issuer | Madurai Nayaka Kingdom |
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| Year | 1601-1736 |
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| Currency | Kasu |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (1601-1736) |
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The Madurai Nayakas governed as nominally subordinate rulers under the Vijayanagara Empire before that empire's collapse at Talikota in 1565 effectively left them autonomous. The Kasu — a denomination with roots stretching back through South Indian coinage for centuries — continued under Nayaka authority as the practical currency of everyday Tamil trade, particularly in temple economies where small copper denominations moved constantly as offerings and change.
The "Sri Vira" prefix in the issuing style was a honorific adopted by several rulers in the dynasty's later period, making precise attribution within the 1601–1736 window difficult without die study.