Gadhaiya Paisa - Battle Series Paramaras of Malwa

The Paramaras of Malwa were in terminal decline by the early 13th century, squeezed between the expanding Delhi Sultanate to the north and repeated Yadava pressure from the Deccan. The "Battle Series" designation reflects coins issued during this desperate final phase — the dynasty effectively ended when Devapala was defeated and Malwa absorbed into the Sultanate around 1239. These billon issues represent the degraded end of a long Gadhaiya tradition that had descended from Sassanian prototypes over several centuries of progressive stylistic abstraction.