AV 50 Rattis - Rajacandra

Harikela occupied the Chittagong coastal region — now southeastern Bangladesh, not Myanmar — and functioned as a significant node in the Bay of Bengal trade network during the late 7th and early 8th centuries. The rattī weight standard used here derives from the seed of the guñjā plant, a metrological tradition rooted in South Asian commercial practice rather than any centralized royal decree. The debased gold content almost certainly reflects the realities of a port economy dependent on imported bullion, where maintaining precise fineness mattered less than maintaining coin weight within acceptable trading tolerances.