2021-08-27 Fri

The copper paisa of rectangular or somewhat like square shape was issued from Sunth princely state. The obverse of the coin depicts a sunburst with serrated rays and Sri Rampura in Devanagari on the reverse side.

Sunth state was established in 1255 AD. It was part of the Rewa Kantha Agency of the Bombay presidency. Ruler of Sunth was entitled to nine gun salute. Sunth had an area of 394 square miles in 1901. Its boundaries touched the Kandana state in north Rewa Kantha, Dungarpur state, and Banswara of Rajputana; to the east by the Jhalod taluka of the Panch Mahal which came under the British jurisdiction; to the south by Sanjeli State of Rewa Kantha and by the Godhra taluka of the Panch Mahal; and to the west side by Lunavada state. The topography of the state can be divided into north and south. The topography of the north side of the state was flat, spacious, with many streams on their way to the north of Mahi River and the south side was rugged, covered with long steep lines of hills.

Sunth rulers were Paramara by caste and their origin can be traced to the Mahipawat branch of the Malwa dynasty. According to the Sunth bards, Jhalam Singh, a Ponwar came from Mount Abu and established his rule at Jhalod in the Panchmahal.

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