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1 Kasu - Tirumala Deva Raya
| Issuer | Empire of Vijayanagara (Indian Hindu Dynasties) |
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| Year | 1565-1572 |
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| Value | 1 Kasu (1⁄60) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (1565-1572) |
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Tirumala Deva Raya issued this copper kasu during one of the most catastrophic periods in South Indian history. The Battle of Talikota in January 1565 had effectively destroyed Vijayanagara as a functioning imperial capital — the city was sacked and burned over several months following the Deccan Sultanates' coalition victory. Tirumala, who had served as a general at Talikota, evacuated the royal treasury south to Penukonda and declared himself king in 1565, ruling a drastically diminished successor state. These kasu were struck not from a thriving empire but from its remnant.