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1 Tanka - Sher Shah Suri Gwalior mint
| Issuer | Sur Empire |
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| Year | 1543-1546 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Central square cartouche containing multi-line Persian and Nagari inscriptions in bold relief, rendered in the characteristic Sur dynasty calligraphic style. The legend identifies the ruler as Sultan Sher Shah, with the invocatory phrase 'Khallad Allah Mulkahu' (May God perpetuate his reign) occupying the lower register of the cartouche. The AH regnal year appears in the lower marginal band beneath the central square. An outer circular marginal legend in Arabic script runs around the periphery of the field, framing the central design. |
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| Obverse lettering | ۹٥١ (951) |
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Sher Shah Suri's administrative reforms extended well beyond taxation and road-building — his standardization of the silver rupee (tanka) established the weight and fineness benchmarks that Mughal emperors would maintain for generations. The Gwalior mint was among the more strategically significant in his network, operating from a fortress city he had wrested from Mughal control after Humayun's flight to Persia in 1540. Sher Shah held the city and its mint for the remainder of his reign, killed in 1545 at the siege of Kalinjar when a ricocheting rocket ignited an ammunition store.