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Gadaiya paisa, Paramara de Malwa
| Issuer | Paramara Dynasty of Malwa |
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| Year | 850-1200 |
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| Currency | Drachm (543-1390) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (850-1200) - (fr) Non identifié précisément |
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The Gadaiya coinage of the Paramara rulers of Malwa descended — through progressive stylistic degradation — from the Gupta-era drachms of western India, their designs dissolving over generations of copying until the original Sasanian-influenced imagery became nearly abstract. The Paramaras, who held Malwa from roughly the mid-9th century until the Ghurid invasions shattered their power in the late 12th century, never reformed the type; debasement of design was accepted so long as the weight standard held.
The name "Gadaiya" is itself a later attribution, derived from a term for the crude or degraded style.