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1 Tanka - Ala-ud-Din Muhammad Khilji
| Issuer | Delhi Sultanate - Khilji Dynasty |
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| Year | 1296-1316 |
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| Composition | Gold (.900) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse field is similarly covered in multiple registers of bold Arabic Naskh calligraphy filling the entire flan. The central area bears the principal royal and religious titles of the sultan, with separating pellets punctuating the legend. An inner linear circle frames the central inscription, while a continuous foliate marginal border encloses the peripheral legend containing the mint name and Hijri date. The overall design is characteristic of Khilji-period gold coinage, with densely packed lettering and minimal open field. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Ala-ud-Din Khilji's reign produced some of the most aggressive monetary and economic reforms in medieval Indian history. He imposed sweeping market price controls across Delhi — fixing the cost of grain, livestock, and cloth — and required all transactions to be conducted in coin, effectively forcing his coinage into circulation at a scale few sultans had managed. The gold tanka was the backbone of that system, used to pay the vast standing army he assembled for campaigns into the Deccan and to repel four separate Mongol invasions between 1297 and 1306.