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11/8 Masaka - Paramarddi Chandellas of Bundelkhand

Issuer Chandellas of Bundelkhand
Year 1165-1200
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Weight 1.02 g
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Reverse script Devanagari
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Mintage ND (1165-1200)
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Paramarddi Deva ruled the Chandella kingdom through one of its most turbulent periods — his reign ended in 1203 when Qutb ud-Din Aibak's forces sacked Kalinjar, the dynasty's great hill fortress, effectively ending Chandella political power in Bundelkhand. These fractional gold issues circulated during the last decades before that collapse, when the kingdom was already absorbing pressure from the Ghurid advance across northern India.

The 11/8 masaka denomination reflects the Chandella adaptation of the ancient pana weight system, struck in fractions that suggest active small-denomination commercial use rather than purely ceremonial or tributary function.

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