Item 292 out of 1313
Lot # 292 - Silver Tanka Coin of Meghanarayan of Kachar Kingdom.
Silver Tanka Coin of Meghanarayan of Kachar Kingdom.
Silver Tanka Coin of Meghanarayan of Kachar Kingdom. Silver Tanka Coin of Meghanarayan of Kachar Kingdom.
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Start Price 160000 Estimated Price 160000-200000
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DenominationSilver Tanka MetalSilver
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Kachar Kingdom, Megha Narayana (SE 1488-1505/1566-1583 AD), Silver Tanka, Obv: four line nagari legend "Hara Gauri/Charana Para/yana Hacheng/sa Vamsaja", within a double square all within a circle and border of beads,  Rev: four line nagari legend "Sri Sri Megha/Narayana/Bhupalasya/Sake 1488",  9.57g, 27.45mm, (KM # 102/RB # 8.2), with beads in the lunettes both sides, choice very fine+, Very Rare.

The Tankas are known of Megha Narayana than those of his predecessor, they were struck from many different dies with variations in legend arrangement and ornamentation, so that individual varieties remain very interesting. The legend on this tanka include the epithet Hachengsa Vamsaja, i.e. "belonging to the Ha Tsung Tsa clan."