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The Ram-Siya Coin

2019-11-13 Wed

A wonderful silver coin over four centuries old is engraved with the types of Lord Ram, conveying his bow and bolts, and Sita; it peruses: "Ram Siya."

The engraving on the opposite side is a piece of information about its history: "Amardad Ilahi 50", which means the 50th year of the rule of Akbar.

The incomparable Mughal ruler gave coins respecting the Hindu gods in 1604-1605, despite the fact that worshipful admiration is denied in Islam. He did as such as a major aspect of his new strict idea, where he shaped an amalgam all things considered.

The name "Ilahabad" - later spelled Allahabad by the British - additionally originated from this way of thinking, where "Ilahi" or "God" was one and the equivalent regardless of in what structure He was revered.

The coins portraying Ram and Sita were given in both silver and gold; printing finished just after Akbar's demise in 1605.

Sources in the Archeological Survey of India state such coins weren't given in huge numbers, and the stamping of these coins was presumably affected by the nearness of Raja Todarmal as the Royal Treasurer.

Just three such coins, one gold, and two silver are remaining.

The coins recount to the narrative of a realm that extended for a length of fifty years and saw the introduction of another religion.

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