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1 Unit - Tyagasimha Mlechchha Dynasty
| Issuer | Mlechchha Dynasty of Assam |
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| Year | 880-900 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse lettering | Ta |
| Reverse description | Completely plain and uninscribed reverse, presenting a flat, blank field with no decorative or epigraphic elements. The surface is heavily patinated with green cuprite deposits consistent with a copper issue of considerable antiquity. The flan is irregular in outline, reflecting the crude hammered manufacture typical of early medieval Assamese coinage. No legend, symbol, or device is present. |
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The Mlechchha dynasty ruled Kamarupa — roughly modern Assam — from roughly the 7th through late 9th centuries, and Tyagasimha is recorded among its final rulers before the line was extinguished and succeeded by the Pala dynasty of Kamarupa around 900 CE. Copper issues from this dynasty are poorly documented in Western numismatic literature, and auction appearances remain infrequent enough that establishing reliable type populations is difficult.
What survives tends to come from hoards rather than single finds, suggesting episodic deposition rather than ordinary loss in circulation.