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Abhijeet S
“Reflecting the Grandeur of Princely States of India”:
Mirrored in a wide variety of Indian rupee specimens is the great diversity of Princely States through four historical categories:
1) States dating back to medieval times like those ruled by Rajputana chieftains or the Maharanas of Mewar, Alwar, Jaipur, Jodhupur, Bikaner, Tonk, Jaisalmer, Bharatpur.
2) States that originated during the Moghul provincial government whose governors became independent princes like the Nizam of Hyderabad or the Nawab of Oudh, Bawda, Bhopal.
3) States claimed by military adventures and chiefs such as Indore, Gwalior or Mysore under Hyder Ali. Also Punjab States like Faridkot, Nabha, Jind, Patiala, Malukotia.
4) States created by the British with rulers like the Wodiyars of Mysore (post Tipu Sultan) or the rulers of Jammu & Kashmir. The result is that the historical variety of Indian rupees is perhaps without parallel anywhere in the world.
Mirrored in a wide variety of Indian rupee specimens is the great diversity of Princely States through four historical categories:
1) States dating back to medieval times like those ruled by Rajputana chieftains or the Maharanas of Mewar, Alwar, Jaipur, Jodhupur, Bikaner, Tonk, Jaisalmer, Bharatpur.
2) States that originated during the Moghul provincial government whose governors became independent princes like the Nizam of Hyderabad or the Nawab of Oudh, Bawda, Bhopal.
3) States claimed by military adventures and chiefs such as Indore, Gwalior or Mysore under Hyder Ali. Also Punjab States like Faridkot, Nabha, Jind, Patiala, Malukotia.
4) States created by the British with rulers like the Wodiyars of Mysore (post Tipu Sultan) or the rulers of Jammu & Kashmir. The result is that the historical variety of Indian rupees is perhaps without parallel anywhere in the world.