Drachm - Sharva Bhattaraka Maitrakas of Vallabhi; Satrapal Issue

The Maitraka rulers of Vallabhi — modern Vala in Gujarat — governed as feudatories under Gupta suzerainty before asserting independence sometime in the late fifth century. Their silver coinage derives directly from the debased Kshatrapa drachms that had circulated across Saurashtra for centuries, and Sharva Bhattaraka's issues represent one of the later stages in that long degradation: the imagery increasingly schematic, the silver progressively alloyed. Vallabhi itself was sacked and effectively destroyed by Arab raiders around 775 CE, which truncated the dynasty's numismatic output abruptly.