Catalog
1 Rupee - Chakradhwaj Singha with lion
| Issuer | Kingdom of Assam |
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| Year | 1663-1670 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal hammered flan bordered by a continuous raised beaded inner frame following the eight-sided periphery. The central field is occupied by a multi-line inscription in Assamese script, densely arranged across the face in several horizontal registers. The lettering is boldly struck in high relief against a flat field, characteristic of Ahom kingdom coinage of the mid-seventeenth century. |
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| Reverse script | Assamese |
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Chakradhwaj Singha ruled Assam during one of its most militarily significant periods — his reign saw the decisive Battle of Saraighat in 1671, where the Ahom general Lachit Borphukan repelled a massive Mughal naval assault under Mir Jumla's successor Ram Singh I. Assam was one of the few regional powers to successfully resist Mughal expansion, and its coinage reflects an administrative confidence that most contemporaries under Mughal pressure could not sustain.
Ahom silver rupees of this period followed the Mughal weight standard closely, a pragmatic acknowledgment of regional trade realities rather than submission to Delhi.