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Hasti Dramma - Siddhraj Jayasimha Chalukyas of Gujarat
| Issuer | Chalukyas of Gujarat |
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| Year | 1094-1144 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a two-line Nagari legend arranged within a square or rectangular format, reading 'jaya si / piya', an abbreviated reference to the ruling king Jayasimha Siddharaja. The inscription is executed in early Devanagari script with bold, square letterforms characteristic of 11th–12th century Gujarat Chalukya coinage. The legend occupies the majority of the flan, with minimal surrounding field visible on this irregularly shaped small silver piece. |
| Reverse script | Devanagari |
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Jayasimha Siddharaja ruled the Chaulukya (Solanki) dynasty for half a century, presiding over what historians of medieval Gujarat consider the kingdom's political and cultural apex. His patronage of the scholar Hemachandra and his campaigns against the Paramaras and Chaulukyas of Tripuri defined a reign of unusual length and ambition. These tiny silver drammas — the hasti type named for the elephant motif — were the workhorse coinage of daily commerce in Anhilwara, struck in enormous quantities throughout his long rule, which makes dating individual specimens to a specific decade nearly impossible.