Banswara was among the smaller Rajput states in what is now southern Rajasthan, ruled by a line of Parthia Rajput chiefs whose coinage remained stubbornly local in character well into the period of firm British paramountcy. Lakshman Singh ruled from 1844 to 1905, an unusually long tenure during which the colonial administration pressed steadily for monetary standardization across the princely states. That this copper paisa continued to be struck on local authority into the 1870s reflects how slowly the Crown's informal pressure translated into actual mint closure for smaller durbars.
Banswara was among the smaller Rajput states in what is now southern Rajasthan, ruled by a line of Parthia Rajput chiefs whose coinage remained stubbornly local in character well into the period of firm British paramountcy. Lakshman Singh ruled from 1844 to 1905, an unusually long tenure during which the colonial administration pressed steadily for monetary standardization across the princely states. That this copper paisa continued to be struck on local authority into the 1870s reflects how slowly the Crown's informal pressure translated into actual mint closure for smaller durbars.