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Gajapati Pagoda - Western Gangas Governor's Issue
| Issuer | Western Ganga Dynasty (Indian states) |
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| Year | 1000-1327 |
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| Currency | Pagoda |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (1000-1327) |
| Additional information |
The Western Ganga dynasty governed the Deccan region as feudatories — first under the Chalukyas of Badami, then the Rashtrakutas, and finally the Western Chalukyas of Kalyani — before their political extinction in the early 14th century. The "Governor's Issue" designation reflects this subordinate status: these pagodas were struck under delegated minting authority rather than as declarations of independent sovereignty. The Gajapati type specifically circulated in the southern Deccan trade networks where gold pagodas had displaced older punch-marked conventions entirely.
The three-century attribution window is an honest acknowledgment of how poorly documented individual issues within this series remain.