Indian Mint Marks since 1556!

The following illustrations have been taken from the Standard Guide to South Asian Coins and Paper Money since 1556 AD!

All credit goes to the publishers of the above guide

The illustrations are purely for my deduction of mints belonging to particular Princely State and how far they had probably expanded their dominion in India.

The establishment of Mints across the dominion, perhaps provides he reason of certain communities having roots in those areas so very far from the majority of the population of that community

 

 

In the above page, I find mention of the Gurkhas having 1 mint that was at Almora, which was established by the Chand Rajas until 1790, where after it was taken over by the Gurkhas. The coins established after 1790 was under Girvan Yuddha till 1815. The coins were called Paisa

 

 

 

 

Interesting to note on the above page is a Mint belonging to the Marathas at Cuttack! The coins belonged to Raghoji II, also called Paisa

 

Another was at Srinagar

 

 

 

 

 

The Mysore Rulers had several mints, perhaps after the Mughals;

 

 

These were at:

 

Bengalur

Faiz Hisar

Farrukhi

Farrukhyab

Gooty

Haidarnagar

Kalikut (Calicut - under Tipu?)

Khaliqbad

Khurshed-Sawad

Mysore

Nagar

Nazarbar

Patan

Salamabad

 

 

 

The Princely States of the Sikh Kingdoms had the mints located at;

 

 

Ahuwalia

Amritsar

Anandgarh

Jhang

Kashmir

Khalsa

Lahor

Malkarian

Multan

Pathankot

 

 

 

Interestingly the French had a Mint at Murshidbad, apart from Pondicherry

 

 

 

I do look forward to inputs from fellow collectors particularly numismatists based in India and elsewhere.  Do share actual photos of the coins from the above region.