fwo_727524 - INDIA - GAHADAVALAS OF KANNAUJ AND KASHI 1 Dinar Or Govinda Chandra N.D. Kannauf
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Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 350.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 350.00 €
Type : 1 Dinar Or Govinda Chandra
Date: N.D.
Mint name / Town : Kannauf
Quantity minted : -
Metal : gold
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 4,05 g.
Obverse
Obverse description : Déesse Lakshmi assise de face.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN DEVANAGARI).
Reverse description : Sur trois lignes.
Historical background
INDIA - GAHADAVALAS OF KANNAUJ AND KASHI
(11th-12th Centuries)
The Gahadavala Rajput dynasty of Kanauj reigned in North India in the 12th century with Kasi as its capital. Raja Govinda Chandra reigned from 1114 to 1154 over Ayodhya and the Delhi region. His successor Jayachandra was defeated and killed by the Ghurid governor Qutub ud-Din Aibak in 1194 and Kanauj was integrated into the Sultanate of Delhi..
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