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Gadhaiya Paisa - Distinctive Nose type Paramaras of Malwa
| Issuer | Paramaras of Malwa |
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| Year | 1200-1300 |
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| Currency | Drachm (543-1390) |
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| Obverse description | Highly schematised and degraded bust derived from the Sasanian prototype, rendered in a crude dumbbell form consisting of two unequal lobes joined by a narrow bar, presented in right-facing profile. The nose curves outward prominently, a diagnostic feature distinguishing this variety within the Gadhaiya Paisa series. An ornamental design occupies the upper field above the bust. The Brahmi syllable 'ja' appears behind the bust, linking this issue to the Om Omkara series; on select specimens, 'ja' is replaced by either 'sri la' or 'vi'. This coin represents Type 6, Variant 2 (T6/V2) within the established typological classification. |
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| Obverse script | Brahmi |
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The Gadhaiya Paisa coinage descends from a long degeneration of the Gurjara-Pratihara silver drammas, themselves imitations of Sasanian drachms introduced centuries earlier. By the time the Paramaras of Malwa were striking billon issues in the thirteenth century, the original prototype had been abstracted beyond recognition through successive generations of die-cutters copying copies. The "Distinctive Nose type" represents a regional die variation catalogued by Maheshwari, distinguishable from the broader Gadhaiya family by a specific treatment of the fire-altar attendant's facial profile.
Malwa came under sustained Sultanate pressure following Qutb ud-Din Aibak's campaigns, and Paramara political authority collapsed entirely by the mid-thirteenth century. Much of this coinage circulated in that shrinking window of autonomous rule.