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1 Unit
| Issuer | Hamsavati, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 401-500 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | A conch shell (shankha) depicted in high relief facing left, its spiral whorls and pointed apex rendered in a naturalistic style. The shell is centrally positioned within the field, its aperture opening to the left. The entire design is enclosed within a border of raised pellets encircling the periphery of the irregularly shaped flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Hamsavati — the Mon kingdom centered at Pegu in lower Burma — produced silver coinage during this period using iconographic and metrical conventions that show clear Indian influence, likely transmitted through trade networks rather than direct political contact. The "rising sun and srivatsa" type to which this unit belongs circulated across a zone stretching from the Irrawaddy delta well into the Gulf of Thailand littoral.
Attribution to Hamsavati specifically remains contested among specialists; some argue these pieces predate the kingdom's consolidation and should be assigned more broadly to Mon-speaking polities of the region.