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1 Takka - Shah Alam II
| Issuer | Bundi, Princely state of |
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| Year | 1773-1821 |
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| Currency | Rupee |
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| Obverse lettering | شاه عالم |
| Reverse description | Persian inscription occupying the central field, recording the regnal year (RY 20) of Shah Alam II, with cursive Nastaliq-style lettering characteristic of Rajput state issues. The distinctive flower mint mark of Bundi is present in the field, serving as the primary identifier of this issuing authority. Additional calligraphic elements and pellet ornaments fill the remaining field. The strike is typical of hammered copper coinage from the Bundi state mint, showing moderate die wear and uneven flan edges. |
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Bundi's copper coinage under Shah Alam II's nominal Mughal suzerainty occupies an awkward administrative position — the Hara Rajput rulers of Bundi retained effective autonomy while formally acknowledging imperial authority, a fiction that suited both parties as Mughal power collapsed through the late eighteenth century. This piece spans nearly five decades of issue, a range so broad that die engraving quality and flan preparation vary considerably across the series.
By the 1810s, Bundi had entered treaty relations with the British East India Company, which ultimately rendered the Mughal regnal citation on these coins a purely ceremonial holdover.