Catalog
Æ Unit - Narendradeva
| Issuer | Licchavi Kingdom |
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| Year | 641-680 |
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| Reference(s) | RGV#96 |
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| Reverse script | Nagari |
| Reverse lettering | Pashupati |
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Narendradeva's reign marked a decisive shift in Licchavi political orientation — he was restored to the Nepalese throne around 643 AD with the direct military backing of the Tibetan emperor Songtsen Gampo, having been displaced by a rival faction. That debt to Tibet reoriented Licchavi foreign policy away from the Gangetic plain and toward the Himalayan corridor for a generation. These copper units circulated in a kingdom that was simultaneously a tributary buffer and an active trading node between the Gupta-successor states to the south and the newly consolidated Tibetan empire to the north.